IHubo
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109 Awu Nkulunkulu wami engimdumisayo,+ ungaqhubeki uthule,
2 Ngoba abantu ababi labangamaqili bakhuluma kubi ngami,
Bakhuluma amanga ngami.+
3 Bayangihanqa bakhulume amazwi ahlabayo,
Bangihlasele ngingenzanga lutho.+
4 Lanxa ngibathanda, bona bangiphatha kubi,+
Kodwa mina ngiqhubeka ngithandaza.
6 Yenza umuntu omubi abe lamandla phezu kwesitha sami,
Kwangathi esandleni saso sokudla kungama umuntu ophikisana laso.*
7 Kwangathi lowo ongizondayo angatholakala elecala nxa esahlulelwa,
Lomkhuleko wakhe kuthiwe uyisono.+
8 Insuku zakhe azibe zilutshwana,+
Isikhundla sakhe sokukhokhela sithathwe ngomunye,+
9 Abantwabakhe basale bezintandane,
Umkakhe abe ngumfelokazi.
10 Abantwabakhe abatshone bebhoda becela uncedo,
Badinge ukudla emanxiweni angakibo.
11 Lowo alesikwelede sakhe kamthathele konke alakho,
Labantu angabaziyo babuthe yonke impahla yakhe.
12 Akungabi lomuntu olomusa* kuye,
Kumbe ozwela abantwabakhe asebezintandane.
13 Izizukulwane zakhe kazitshabalaliswe,+
Ibizo lazo lingaziwa yisizukulwane esilandelayo.
14 Kwangathi uJehova angasikhumbula isono sabokhokho bakhe,+
Kalingesulwa icala likanina.
15 Kwangathi uJehova angahlala ekukhumbula abakwenzileyo,
Enze ukuthi bangakhunjulwa futhi emhlabeni.+
16 Kazange akhumbule ukuba lomusa,*+
Kodwa waqhubeka ezingela umuntu ocindezelweyo,+ ongumyanga lodabukileyo enhliziyweni,
Ukuze ambulale.+
17 Wayethanda ukuqalekisa, yikho iziqalekiso zakhe sezehlele kuye,
Wayengafuni ukubusisa, yikho laye engazange abusiswe.
18 Ukuqalekisa kwasekungathi yisigqoko sakhe.
Iziqalekiso zathululelwa emzimbeni wakhe angathi ngamanzi,
Lasemathanjeni akhe njengamafutha.
19 Iziqalekiso zakhe kazibe njengelembu azithandela ngalo,+
Lanjengebhanti ahlala elibophile.
20 Lo yiwo umvuzo uJehova awunika lowo olwa lami,+
Lalabo abakhuluma kubi ngami.
21 Kodwa wena Jehova Nkosi Enkulu,
Ngisiza ngenxa yebizo lakho.+
Ngikhulula ngoba uthando lwakho oluqotho luhle.+
23 Ngiyadlula njengomthunzi onyamalalayo,
Ngilabhulelwe khatshana njengentethe.
24 Amadolo ami ayaxega ngenxa yokuzila ukudla,
Sengiphelile ngokucaka.
25 Sebengenza inhlekisa.+
Nxa bengibona banikina amakhanda.+
26 Ngisiza awu Jehova Nkulunkulu wami,
Ngisindisa ngothando lwakho oluqotho.
27 Kumele bazi ukuthi lokhu kwenziwe yisandla sakho,
Bazi ukuthi kwenziwe nguwe Jehova.
28 Bona kabaqalekise, kodwa wena ubusise.
Nxa bengivukela kabayangiswe,
Kodwa inceku yakho yona ithokoze.
29 Kwangathi abalwa lami bangembeswa ngehlazo,
Bagoqelwe ngokuyangeka angathi bagoqelwe ngesembatho.+
30 Umlomo wami uzamdumisa kakhulu uJehova,
Ngizamdumisa phambi kwabantu abanengi,+
31 Ngoba uzakuma esandleni sokudla somuntu ongumyanga,
Ukuze amkhulule kulabo abambeka icala.