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Zabbuli Ya Dawudi.

141 (A)Ayi Mukama nkukaabira; oyanguwe okujja gye ndi!
    Owulire eddoboozi lyange, nga nkukoowoola.
(B)Okusaba kwange kubeere ng’ebyakaloosa mu maaso go,
    n’okugolola emikono gyange gy’oli kubeere nga ssaddaaka ey’akawungeezi.

Onkuume, Ayi Mukama, nneme okwasamya akamwa kange,
    era bwe njogera onkomeko.
(C)Okyuse omutima gwange guleme kugoberera kibi,
    n’okwemalira mu bikolwa ebibi;
nneme okwetaba n’abantu abakola ebitali bya butuukirivu,
    wadde okulya ku mmere yaabwe.

(D)Leka omuntu omutuukirivu ankube, kubanga anaaba ankwatiddwa ekisa;
    muleke annenye, ekyo kinaaba ng’amafuta amalungi agafukiddwa ku mutwe gwange;
    sijja kugagaana.
Naye nnaasabanga bulijjo nga sikkiriziganya na babi wadde n’ebikolwa byabwe.
    Abakola ebibi bwe baliweebwayo eri ab’okubasalira omusango,
    olwo ne balyoka bayiga nti ebigambo byange bya mazima.
(E)Balyogera nti, “Ng’omuntu bw’akabala n’akuba amavuunike,
    n’amagumba gaffe bwe galisaasaanyizibwa bwe gatyo mu kamwa k’emagombe.”

(F)Naye nze amaaso ngatadde ku ggwe, Ayi Mukama Katonda;
    mu ggwe mwe neekwese, tondeka nga sirina anambeera!
(G)Nkuuma omponye omutego gwe banteze,
    n’ebitimba by’abo abakola ebitali bya butuukirivu.
10 (H)Ebitimba bye banteze abakola ebibi abo bonna, baleke babigwemu, kyokka nze mpone.

Prayer for Preservation from Evil

A Psalm of David.

141 I call upon thee, O Lord; make haste to me!
    Give ear to my voice, when I call to thee!
Let my prayer be counted as incense before thee,
    and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice!

Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord,
    keep watch over the door of my lips!
Incline not my heart to any evil,
    to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with men who work iniquity;
    and let me not eat of their dainties!

Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness,
    but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head;[a]
    for my prayer is continually[b] against their wicked deeds.
When they are given over to those who shall condemn them,
    then they shall learn that the word of the Lord is true.
As a rock which one cleaves and shatters on the land,
    so shall their bones be strewn at the mouth of Sheol.[c]

But my eyes are toward thee, O Lord God;
    in thee I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me,
    and from the snares of evildoers!
10 Let the wicked together fall into their own nets,
    while I escape.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141:5 Gk: Heb obscure
  2. Psalm 141:5 Cn: Heb for continually and my prayer
  3. Psalm 141:7 The Hebrew of verses 5–7 is obscure