Ngahlulele, Baba
ElikaDavide.
UDavide ucela ukuhlolwa, inhliziyo nengqondo yakhe kuvivinywe futhi kucwengwe, ngoba uzigcinile kude nenhlangano yenkohliso nezandla ezigcwele izifumbathiso. Akufunayo akusona isinqumo kodwa yindawo: indlu lapho inkazimulo kaBaba wakhe ihlala khona.
26 1Ngahlulele, Baba wami, ngokuba ngihambe ebuqothweni bami, futhi kuBaba wami ngethembile ngingantengantengi.
2Ngihlole, Baba wami, ungivivinye; ucwenge inhliziyo yami nengqondo yami. 3Ngokuba umusa wakho ungaphambi kwamehlo ami, futhi ngiphila ngokwethembeka kwakho.
4Angihlali namadoda akhohlisayo, angihambisani nabazenzisi. 5Ngiyalizonda ibandla labenzi bokubi, angiyikuhlala nababi. 6Ngigeza izandla zami ngobumsulwa, ngizungeze i-altare lakho, Baba wami, 7ngimemezela ukubonga kwami ngezwi elikhulu, futhi ngilandisa ngazo zonke izenzo zakho ezimangalisayo.
8Baba wami, ngiyayithanda indlu ohlala kuyo, indawo lapho inkazimulo yakho iphumula khona.
9Ungawukhukhuli umphefumulo wami kanye nezoni, nokuphila kwami namadoda anodlame, 10okusezandleni zawo amacebo amabi, nezandla zawo zokunene zigcwele izifumbathiso. 11Kodwa mina, ngiphila ngobuqotho; ngihlenge ube nomusa kimi.
12Ngimi endaweni elingene; emhlanganweni omkhulu ngiyakumbusisa uBaba wami.
