Isikhalo sikaDavide sokuhlangulwa
Kumongameli weengoma. Ngezinto ezineentambo. Ingoma yobulumko kaDavide, xa amaZifi aya kuSawule athi: “UDavide akazimelanga phakathi kwethu na?”
AbaseZifi babesandula ukunikela uDavide kuSawule. Umthandazo wakhe mfutshane kwaye awunamsindo — ndisindise ngegama lakho — uze uzinze kwibango elinye elizinzileyo: inene uBawo wam ungumncedi wam, lowo uxhasa ubomi bam.
54 1Owu Bawo wam, ndisindise ngegama lakho, undithethelele ngamandla akho. 2Owu Bawo wam, wuve umthandazo wam; waphulaphule amazwi omlomo wam. 3Kuba abasemzini bandivukele, namadoda angenanceba afuna ukundibulala—abamhloniphi uBawo wethu.
4Inene uBawo wam ungumncedi wam; uBawo onguMongami ungumxhasi wobomi bam. 5Uya kubuyisela ububi kwabo bandilalelayo; ngokuthembeka kwakho, baphelise. 6Ngomnikelo wokuzithandela ndiya kubingelela kuwe; ndiya kulidumisa igama lakho, Bawo wam, kuba lilungile. 7Kuba undihlangule kuyo yonke inkxwaleko, amehlo am azibonele ukoyiswa kweentshaba zam.