Kodi Mudzabisala Mpaka Liti?
Kwa mtsogoleri wa oyimba. Salmo la Davide.
Kanayi Davide akufunsa kuti mpaka liti — mpaka liti kuiwalidwa, mpaka liti kubisidwa nkhope, mpaka liti kunyamula chisoni, mpaka liti mdani kumupambana. Palibe chimene chikusintha mu mkhalidwe wake. Komabe salimo likutembenukira pa chikondi cha Atate wake, ndipo likutha ndi kuyimba za ubwino umene walandira kale.
13 1Kodi mpaka liti, Atate wanga, mudzandiiwala? Mpaka muyaya? Kodi mpaka liti mudzandibisira nkhope yanu?
2Kodi mpaka liti ndizilimbana ndi maganizo anga, ndi kukhala ndi chisoni mu mtima mwanga tsiku lonse? Kodi mpaka liti mdani wanga adzandipambana? 3Ndiyang'aneni ndi kundiyankha, Atate wanga; unikani maso anga, kuopera kuti ndingagone tulo ta imfa.
4Mdani wanga adzanena kuti, “Ndamugonjetsa iye,” ndipo adani anga adzakondwera pamene ndagwa. 5Koma ine ndakhulupirira chikondi chanu chokhulupirika; mtima wanga udzakondwera mu chipulumutso chanu. 6Ndidzayimbira Atate wanga, chifukwa wandichitira zokoma kwambiri.