Ndiwuphakamisela kuwe umphefumlo wam

KaDavide.

UDavide ucela ukufundiswa, kungabi kukuhlangulwa kuphela—ndibonise iindlela zakho. Uzisa iintshaba zakhe nezono zobutsha bakhe, acele ukuba angachazwa nazinye kuzo. UBawo wethu wabelana ngomnqophiso wakhe njengomhlobo nabo bamoyikayo.

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Kuwe, Bawo, ndiwuphakamisa umphefumlo wam.

Bawo, ndikholosa ngawe; ungandiyekeli ndihlazeke; ungaziyekeli iintshaba zam zindoyise. Inene, akukho namnye okulindeleyo oya kuhlazeka; baya kuhlazeka abangcatshi abangenasizathu.

Ndibonise iindlela zakho, Bawo; ndifundise imikhondo yakho. Ndikhokele enyanisweni yakho undifundise, kuba unguBawo wethu, usindiso lwam; ndikulindele imini yonke. Khumbula imfesane yakho enothando, Bawo, nothando lwakho lomnqophiso, kuba zikho kwakudala. Musa ukuzikhumbula izono zobutsha bam neziphambuko zam; ndikhumbule ngokothando lwakho lomnqophiso, ngenxa yokulunga kwakho, Bawo.

Ulungile uthe tye uBawo wethu; ngenxa yoko uyabayala aboni ngendlela. Ukhokela abathobekileyo ngobulungisa, afundise abathobekileyo indlela yakhe. Yonke imikhondo kaBawo wethu luthando oluthembekileyo nokunyaniseka kwabo bawugcinayo umnqophiso wakhe nezingqino zakhe.

Ngenxa yegama lakho, Bawo, sixolele isono sam, kuba sikhulu. Ngubani na lowo umoyikayo uBawo wethu? Uya kumyala ngendlela afanele ukuyikhetha. Umphefumlo wakhe uya kuhlala elonwabeni, nabantwana bakhe baya kulidla ilifa ilizwe. Ubuhlobo obusondeleyo bukaBawo wethu bobabo bamoyikayo, yaye uyabazisa umnqophiso wakhe. Amehlo am ahlala ebheke kuBawo wethu, kuba uya kuzikhulula iinyawo zam emnatheni.

Bhekisa kum ube nobabalo kum, kuba ndinesithukuthezi ndicinezelekile. Zandile iinkathazo zentliziyo yam; ndikhuphe kule mbandezelo yam. Khangela inkxwaleko yam nobunzima bam, uzisuse zonke izono zam. Bona iintshaba zam, kuba zininzi, yaye ziyandithiya ngentiyo enogonyamelo.

Linda umphefumlo wam undihlangule; ungandiyekeli ndihlazeke, kuba ndizimela ngawe. Ingqibelelo nokuthe tye makundigcine, kuba ndikulindele.

Mkhulule uSirayeli, Bawo, kuzo zonke iinkathazo zakhe.