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22 ¹UDavide wakhuluma kuBaba wethu amazwi aleli hubo mhla uBaba wethu wamophula esandleni sezitha zakhe zonke nasesandleni sikaSawule. ²Wathi: UBaba wami uyidwala lami, inqaba yami, umkhululi wami. ³UBaba wami, idwala lami, engiphephela kulo, isihlangu sami namandla osindiso lwami, inqaba yami nesiphephelo sami, umsindisi wami—wena ungisindisa odlameni. ⁴Ngibiza uBaba wami, ofanelwe udumo, ngisindiswe ezitheni zami. ⁵Ngokuba amagagasi okufa angigubuzela; izikhukhula zencithakalo zangethusa. ⁶Izintambo zethuna zangithandela; imijibe yokufa yangihlangabeza. ⁷Osizini lwami ngabiza uBaba wami; ngakhala kuNkulunkulu wami ngicela usizo. Ethempelini lakhe wezwa izwi lami, ukukhala kwami kwafinyelela ezindlebeni zakhe. ⁸Khona umhlaba wazamazama wagedezela; izisekelo zamazulu zathuthumela zanyakaza, ngokuba wayethukuthele. ⁹Intuthu yenyuka emakhaleni akhe, umlilo oqothulayo waphuma emlonyeni wakhe; amalahle avuthayo alumeka kuye. ¹⁰Waqhekeza amazulu wehla, kunamafu amnyama ngaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe. ¹¹Wagibela ikherubi wandiza; wantweza ngamaphiko omoya. ¹²Wenza ubumnyama bube yidokodo elimzungezile —amafu amnyama anemvula asezulwini. ¹³Ekukhanyeni okwakuphambi kwakhe kwalavuza amalahle omlilo. ¹⁴UBaba wami waduma esezulwini; oPhezukonke waphakamisa izwi lakhe. ¹⁵Wacibishela imicibisholo yakhe wazihlakaza izitha zakhe, waphonsa umbani wazichitha. ¹⁶Imisele yolwandle yabonakala, izisekelo zomhlaba zembulwa ngokukhuza kukaBaba wami, ngokufutha komoya wamakhala akhe. ¹⁷Welula isandla ephezulu wangibamba; wangihosha emanzini ajulile. ¹⁸Wangophula esitheni sami esinamandla, ezitheni zami ezazinamandla kunami. ¹⁹Zangihlangabeza ngosuku lwenhlekelele yami, kodwa uBaba wami waba yinsika yami. ²⁰Wangikhiphela endaweni ebanzi; wangophula ngokuba wayethokoza ngami. ²¹UBaba wami wangiphatha ngokulunga kwami; ngokuhlanzeka kwezandla zami wangivuza. ²²Ngokuba ngizigcinile izindlela zikaBaba wami; angiphambukanga ngenkohlakalo kuNkulunkulu wami. ²³Zonke izahlulelo zakhe ziphambi kwami; angichezukanga ezimisweni zakhe. ²⁴Ngangingenasici phambi kwakhe, ngazigcina kude necala lami. ²⁵Ngakho uBaba wami wangivuza ngokulunga kwami, ngokuhlanzeka kwami emehlweni akhe. ²⁶Kothembekile uziveza uthembekile; kongenasici uziveza ungenasici. ²⁷Kohlanzekile uziveza uhlanzekile, kodwa kogwegwile uziveza unobuqili. ²⁸Uyabasindisa abantu abahluphekile, kodwa amehlo akho aphezu kwabazidlayo, ukuze ubehlise. ²⁹Ngokuba wena uyisibani sami, Baba wami; yena uguqula ubumnyama bami bube ukukhanya. ³⁰Nganawe ngingahlasela impi; ngoBaba wami ngingeqa udonga. ³¹Mayelana noBaba wami, indlela yakhe iphelele; izwi likaBaba wami limsulwa. Uyisihlangu kubo bonke abaphephela kuye. ³²Ngokuba ngubani onguNkulunkulu ngaphandle kukaBaba wethu na? Ngubani oyidwala ngaphandle kukaBaba wethu na? ³³UBaba wami uyisiphephelo sami esinamandla; wenza indlela yami ingabi nasici. ³⁴Wenza izinyawo zami zifane nezenyamazane, angimisa ngokulondeka ezindaweni eziphakeme. ³⁵Ufundisa izandla zami ukulwa impi, ukuze izingalo zami zigobe umnsalo wethusi. ³⁶Unginikile isihlangu sosindiso lwakho, ubumnene bakho bungenze ngaba mkhulu. ³⁷Wenza indlela ibe banzi ngaphansi kwami, ukuze amaqakala ami angasheleli. ³⁸Ngaxosha izitha zami ngazibhubhisa; angibuyanga emuva ngaze ngaziqeda. ³⁹Ngaziqeda ngazichoboza zaze zahluleka ukuvuka; zawa ngaphansi kwezinyawo zami. ⁴⁰Wangihlomisa ngamandla empini; wenza izitha zami zakhothama ngaphansi kwami. ⁴¹Wenza izitha zami zafulathela zabaleka, nababengizonda ngababhubhisa. ⁴²Zabheka, kodwa kwakungekho owayengazisindisa —ngisho kuBaba wami, kodwa akaphendulanga. ⁴³Ngazigaya zacoleka njengothuli lomhlaba; ngazichoboza ngazinyathela njengodaka lwezitaladi. ⁴⁴Wangikhulula ekuxabaneni kwabantu bami; wangigcina ngiyinhloko yezizwe; abantu engangingabazi manje bayangikhonza. ⁴⁵Abezizwe bayathoba phambi kwami; bathi besezwa nje, bangilalele. ⁴⁶Abezizwe baphela amandla; bayeza bethuthumela bephuma ezinqabeni zabo. ⁴⁷UBaba wami uyaphila! Malibusiswe iDwala lami! Maphakanyiswe uBaba wami, iDwala losindiso lwami! ⁴⁸NguBaba wami ongiphindiselelayo, owehlisa izizwe ngaphansi kwami. ⁴⁹Ungikhipha ezitheni zami. Wangiphakamisa ngaphezu kwezitha zami; wangophula endodeni enodlame. ⁵⁰Ngakho ngizokudumisa phakathi kwezizwe, Baba wami; ngizohlabelela indumiso egameni lakho. ⁵¹Unika inkosi yakhe ukunqoba okukhulu, abonise umusa wesivumelwano kogcotshiweyo wakhe, kuDavide nenzalo yakhe kuze kube phakade.