Umthandazo wokucela inkokhelo
Umhobe kaDavide; kumbhexeshi-kwayara; uhlatyelwa ngeefleyiti.
1Khawuwabekel' iindlebe amazwi am, *Ndikhoyo,
usigqale isingqala sam.
2Kuve ukukhala kwam, kumkani wam, Thixo wam,
xa ndithandazayo kuwe.
3Uyawuva umthandazo wam, Ndikhoyo, kwakusasa:
kwakusasa ndizibika kuwe, ndilinde impendulo.
4Kaloku unguThixo ongadlelaniyo nobugwenxa;
akukunyamezeli ukungcola phambi kwakho.
5Akubanyamezeli abantw' abazingcayo;
ubuthiye bonk' ubugqwirha.
6Uyawatshabalalisa amaxoki; ewe, Ndikhoyo,
abaxhaphi-gazi nabakhohlisi banezothe kuwe.
7Ke mna ndiya kungena endlwini yakho,
ngenxa yobubele bakho obuncamisileyo,
ndikunqule endlwini yakho ekhethiweyo,
ndikunqule ngembeko ndingcangcazela.
8Ndikhokelel' ekwenzeni intando yakho, Ndikhoyo.
Kaloku baninzi abandichasayo;
yenze icace phambi kwam indlela yakho.
9Azinanyani iintshaba zam,
iintliziyo zazo zizel' inkohlakalo;
Zizungula ukutshabalalisa ngentetho elalanisayo.
10Zohlwaye, Thixo;
zirhintyele kwangamacebo azo;
zigxothe ngenxa yezono zazo,
kuba ziphikisana nawe.
11Bayavuya bonke abo bathembela ngawe;
bohlala bechulumacha luvuyo.
Kaloku uyabakhusela abo bakuthandayo;
abo ke banemihlali ngenene.
12Ndikhoyo, uyabathamsanqela abakuthobelayo,
ubafukamele ngobubele ngathi bagqunywe ngekhaka.