Ihubo 40
Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. ElikaDavida. Ihubo.
Ngamlindela ngesineke uThixo;
waphendukela ngakimi wezwa ukukhala kwami.
Wangenyula emgodini otshonayo,
wangikhupha edakeni lexhaphozini;
wamisa inyawo zami edwaleni,
wangipha indawo eqinileyo yokuma.
Wangipha ingoma entsha emlonyeni wami,
ihubo lokudumisa kuNkulunkulu wethu.
Abanengi bazabona besabe
babeke ithemba labo kuThixo.
 
Ubusisiwe umuntu
owenza uThixo abe lithemba lakhe,
ongathembi abazigqajayo,
lalabo abaqambukela kubonkulunkulu bamanga.
Zinengi, Thixo, Nkulunkulu wami,
izimangaliso ozenzileyo.
Izinto owasilungiselela zona
kakho ongazibala kuwe;
aluba bengingakhuluma
loba ngilandise ngazo,
zingaba zinengi ngokweqileyo ukuzibalisa.
 
Kawufisanga imihlatshelo leminikelo
kodwa indlebe zami uzikleklile;
iminikelo yokutshiswa leminikelo yesono kawuzange uyidinge.
Lapho-ke ngasengisithi, “Ngilapha, sengifikile
kulotshiwe ngami emqulwini.
Ngiyakunxwanela ukwenza intando yakho, Oh Nkulunkulu wami;
umthetho wakho usenhliziyweni yami.”
 
Ngiyafakaza ngokulunga ngisemhlanganweni omkhulu;
angizivali izindebe zami, njengoba usazi, Oh Thixo.
10 Ukulunga kwakho kangikufihli enhliziyweni yami;
ngikhuluma ngokuthembeka kwakho lokusindisa kwakho.
Kangilufihli uthando lwakho leqiniso lakho
emhlanganweni omkhulu.
 
11 Ungasigodli isihawu sakho kimi, Oh Thixo;
sengathi uthando lwakho leqiniso lakho kungahlala kungivikela.
12 Phela inhlupheko ezingelakubalwa zingihanqile;
izono zami sezingificile, kangisaboni.
Zinengi kulenwele zekhanda lami,
njalo inhliziyo yami isiphela amandla.
13 Jabula, awu Thixo, ungisindise;
awu Thixo, woza masinyane uzongisiza.
 
14 Sengathi bonke abafuna ukuqeda impilo yami
bangayangiswa basanganiswe;
sengathi bonke abafisa ukungidiliza
bangabuyiselwa emuva beyangekile.
15 Sengathi bonke abathi kimi, “Ehe, Ehe!”
banganengwa lihlazo labo.
16 Kodwa akuthi bonke abakudingayo
bathokoze bajabule kuwe;
akuthi labo abathanda insindiso yakho bahlale besithi,
“UThixo kadunyiswe!”
 
17 Kodwa mina ngiyahlupheka, ngiyaswela;
sengathi iNkosi ingangikhumbula.
Ilusizo lwami lomkhululi wami;
Oh Nkulunkulu wami, ungalibali.