Umthandazo Womntu Ongenatyala

Umthandazo kaDavide.

UDavide ucela ukuphulaphulwa njengandoda engenatyala, intliziyo yakhe iphengululwe ebusuku neenyawo zakhe zingatyibiliki. Ezingelwa yingonyama ebhacele ukulalela, ucela ukugcinwa njengenkropho yeliso, yaye ukhangela ngaphaya kweentshaba zakhe ukubona ubuso bukaBawo wakhe.

Isahluko 17.

Phulaphula ityala elilungileyo, Bawo wethu; ubekele indlebe isikhalo sam; uphulaphule umthandazo wam ophuma emilebeni engenankohliso. Ukugwetyelwa kwam makuvele ebusweni bakho; amehlo akho makabone okulungileyo.

Uyiphengululile intliziyo yam, undihlolile ebusuku, undivavanyile, akubangakho nto uyifumeneyo; ndizimisele ukuba umlomo wam awuyi kona. Ngokwezenzo zabantu, ngelizwi lemilebe yakho ndizigcinile kude ezindleleni zabanobundlobongela. Amanyathelo am abambelele ezindleleni zakho; iinyawo zam azityibilikanga.

Ndiyakubiza, kuba uya kuphendula mna, Bawo wethu; undithobele indlebe; uweve amazwi am. Bonakalisa ummangaliso wenceba yakho, wena usindisa ngesandla sakho sokunene abo baphephela kuwe ezintshabeni zabo. Ndigcine njengenkropho yeliso lakho; undifihle emthunzini wamaphiko akho, kwabangendawo abandihlaselayo, iintshaba zam ezibulalayo ezindijikelezayo.

Bazivalile iintliziyo zabo ezilukhuni; imilomo yabo ithetha ngekratshi. Basilandele, baza ngoku bayasirhangqa thina; bagxininise amehlo abo ukuze basiphose emhlabeni. Unjengengonyama elambele ukuqwenga ixhoba layo, njengethole lengonyama elibhacele ukulalela.

Vuka, Bawo wethu! Jamelana naye, umwise phantsi! Hlangula umphefumlo wam kongendawo ngekrele lakho, ngesandla sakho, Bawo wethu, kubantu abanjalo—kubantu beli lizwe abanesabelo sabo kobu bomi. Uyazalisa izisu zabo ngoko ukubekeleyo; abantwana babo baneninzi, baze bashiye intabalala yabo kwabantwana babo abancinci.

Ke mna, ndiya kububona ubuso bakho ngobulungisa; xa ndivuka, ndiya kwaneliseka kukubona umfanekiso wakho.