Lifa lelihle kakhulu lelinguNkulunkulu
Sihlabelelo saDavide lesiligugu njengegolide kuye.
1Ngilondvolote, Nkulunkulu,
ngobe ngikhosele kuwe.
2KuSimakadze ngitsi:
“Wena uyiNkhosi yami.
Kute lokuhle lengingaba nako
ngaphandle kwakho.”
3Kodvwa ngalabangcwele
labalapha emhlabeni ngitsi:
“Batikhulu letincabile
lengijabula ngato.”
4Tinkhatsato titakwandziswa
kulabo labanikela
kubonkulunkulu labanye.
Ngingeke ngiyicitse ingati
kutsi ibe ngumnikelo
kulabanye bonkulunkulu.
Ngingeke ngikhuleke kubo.
5Simakadze,
wena usabelo lesilifa lami,
ungipha konkhe lengikudzingako.
Likusasa lami lisetandleni takho.
6Lifa lelingumhlaba,
lengisikelwe wona,
liyindzawo lenhle kakhulu.
7Ngiyamdvumisa Simakadze lowangeluleka,
nanembeza wami uyangiyala ebusuku.
8 Emehlo ami ayawunamatsela
kuSimakadze phakadze naphakadze.
Yena ungasesandleni sami sangesekudla,
ngiyawuhlala kuye ngitinte.
9Ngako-ke inhlitiyo yami iyatfokota,
nemoya wami uyajabula,
nemtimba wami ulondvolotekile.
10Ngobe ungeke uvume
kungiyekelela endzaweni yalabafile,
nome-ke ungeke umvumele
lotsandzekako wakho
kutsi abole ethuneni.
11Uyawungifundzisa indlela yekuphila.
Lapho kukhona khona wena
kunekujabula lokuphelele.
Esandleni sakho sangesekudla
kunekujabula phakadze naphakadze.
