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31 Maye! Jehova, ngiphephele kuwe.+
Ungavumeli bona ngiphathiswe iinhloni.+
Ngihlangula ngebanga lokulunga kwakho.+
2 Ngilalelisisa.*
Yiza msinyana uzongihlangula.+
Yiba yindawami evikelekileko esentabeni,
Indawo evikelekileko bona ungisindise.+
5 Ngibeka ummoyami esandleni sakho.+
Maye! Jehova, Zimu weqiniso,* ungihlengile.+
6 Ngibahloyile labo abazinikele eenthombeni ezingazisiko nezinganamsebenzi,
Kodwana mina, ngithembele kuJehova.
7 Ngizokuthaba khulu ethandweni lakho,*
Ngombana ukubonile ukuhlunguphazeka kwami;+
Uyakwazi ukugandeleleka kwami okukhulu.
8 Awukanginikeli enabeni,
Kunalokho ungijamisa endaweni evikelekileko.
9 Maye! Jehova, yiba nomusa kimi ngombana ngigandelelekile.
Isizi lenze amehlwami+ nomzimbami woke kwabogaboga.+
Amandlami ayancipha ngebanga lomtjhaphwami;
Amathambami ayabogaboga.+
11 Boke abangiphikisako bayanginyefula,+
Khulukhulu abomakhelwana bami.
Ngisatjwa babantu abangijayeleko;
Nabangibonako emphakathini, bayangibaleka.+
12 Bangikhuphile eenhliziyweni zabo* begodu bangikhohlwe ngasuthi ngihlongakele;
Ngifana nomjeka ophukileko.
13 Ngizwe izwangobatjho enengi embi malungana nami;
Ngibhodwe livalo.+
Nabahlangeneko bayinyanda yinye bona balwe nami,
Baluka amano wokungibulala.+
14 Kodwana ngithembele kuwe Jehova.+
Ngiyamemezela ngithi: “UnguZimami.”+
15 Amalangami asesandleni sakho.
Ngihlangula esandleni samanabami nakilabo abangihlunguphazako.+
16 Phazimulisa ubuso bakho phezu kwencekwakho.+
Ngisindisa ngethando lakho.*
17 Maye! Jehova, ungavumeli bona ngiphathiswe iinhloni nangikubizako.+
18 Kwanga umlomo okhuluma amala ungathuliswa,+
Umlomo okhuluma ujamelene nolungileko, ngokuzikhukhumeza nangokunyaza.
19 Qala bona bukhulu kangangani ubuhle bakho!+
20 Uzobafihla endawenakho efihlekileko+
Ubavikele ebantwini ababalukela amano;
Uzobafihla ngendlinakho
Ubavikele kilabo ababasahlelako.+
21 Kwanga uJehova angadunyiswa,
Ngombana ungithande* ngendlela emangalisako+ edorobheni elivinjezelweko.+
22 Nakungimi, ngathukwa ngathi:
“Ngizokutjhabalala phambi kwakho.”+
Kodwana wangizwa nangikulilelako ngikubawa isizo.+
23 Thandani uJehova noke nina abathembekileko kuye!+
UJehova uvikela abathembekileko,+
Kodwana umbuyiselela ngokudluleleko nanyana ngubani ozikhukhumezako.+
Noke nina enilinde uJehova.+