Ihubo 51

₁Ngihawukele, Nkulunkulu,

ngokomusa wakho;

yesula iziphambeko zami ngokobubele bakho obukhulu.

₂Ngigezisise ebubini bami,

ungihlanze esonweni sami.

₃Ngokuba ngiyazazi iziphambeko zami;

isono sami siphambi kwami njalo.

₄Ngonile kuwe wena wedwa,

ngakwenza okubi emehlweni akho,

ukuze uthiwe ulungile ekukhulumeni kwakho,

uchache ekwahluleleni kwakho.

₅Bheka, ngazalelwa ebubini,

umame wangithabatha esonweni.

₆Bheka, uthanda iqiniso

ngaphakathi enhliziyweni;

wongifundisa ukuhlakanipha ekujuleni kwenhliziyo.

₇Ngihlanze ngehisopi,* ngihlambuluke;

ngigeze, ngibe mhlophe kuneqhwa.

₈Ngizwise intokozo nenjabulo,

ukuze ethabe amathambo owachobozileyo.

₉Fihla ubuso bakho ezonweni zami,

wesule zonke izenzo zami ezimbi.

₁₀Nkulunkulu, dala kimi inhliziyo ehlanzekileyo,

uvuse umoya oqinileyo phakathi kwami.

₁₁Ungangilahli ebusweni bakho,

ungangemuki uMoya wakho oNgcwele.

₁₂Buyisela kimi ukuthokoza kwensindiso yakho,

ungiphase ngomoya ovumayo.

₁₃Khona ngiyakufundisa abaphambukayo izindlela zakho;

nezoni ziyakuphendukela kuwe.

₁₄Ngikhulule ecaleni legazi, Nkulunkulu,

Nkulunkulu wensindiso yami.

Khona ulimi lwami luyakuhubela ukulunga kwakho.

₁₅Nkosi, vula izindebe zami,

ukuze umlomo wami ulande ngodumo lwakho.

₁₆Ngokuba awuwuthandi umhlatshelo;

noma bengizakukunika uminikelo wokushiswa,

ubungayikuthokoza ngawo.

₁₇Iminikelo kaNkulunkulu ingumoya owaphukileyo;

inhliziyo eyaphukileyo nedabukileyo,

Nkulunkulu, awuyikuyidelela.

₁₈Lenzele iSiyoni okuhle ngokomusa wakho,

uzakhe izingange zaseJerusalema.

₁₉Khona uyakuyijabulela iminikelo yokulunga eshiswayo neshiswa yonke;

khona bayakunikela ngezinkunzi phezu kwe-altare lakho.