Psalm 71
1In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
2In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;
turn your ear to me and save me.
3Be my rock of refuge,
to which I can always go;
give the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
4Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.
5For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord,
my confidence since my youth.
6From birth I have relied on you;
you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.
I will ever praise you.
7I have become a sign to many;
you are my strong refuge.
8My mouth is filled with your praise,
declaring your splendor all day long.
9Do not cast me away when I am old;
do not forsake me when my strength is gone.
10For my enemies speak against me;
those who wait to kill me conspire together.
11They say, “God has forsaken him;
pursue him and seize him,
for no one will rescue him.”
12Do not be far from me, my God;
come quickly, God, to help me.
13May my accusers perish in shame;
may those who want to harm me
be covered with scorn and disgrace.
14As for me, I will always have hope;
I will praise you more and more.
15My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds,
of your saving acts all day long—
though I know not how to relate them all.
16I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign Lord;
I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
17Since my youth, God, you have taught me,
and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
18Even when I am old and gray,
do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power to the next generation,
your mighty acts to all who are to come.
19Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,
you who have done great things.
Who is like you, God?
20Though you have made me see troubles,
many and bitter,
you will restore my life again;
from the depths of the earth
you will again bring me up.
21You will increase my honor
and comfort me once more.
22I will praise you with the harp
for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre,
Holy One of Israel.
23My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to you—
I whom you have delivered.
24My tongue will tell of your righteous acts
all day long,
for those who wanted to harm me
have been put to shame and confusion.
Zaburi 71
Kuomba Ulinzi Na Msaada Siku Zote Za Maisha
171:1 Kum 23:15; Rut 2:12; Za 22:5Ee Bwana, nimekukimbilia wewe,
usiache nikaaibika kamwe.
271:2 2Fal 19:1671:2 Kut 34:6Kwa haki yako uniponye na kuniokoa,
unitegee sikio lako uniokoe.
371:3 Za 18:2Uwe kwangu mwamba wa kimbilio,
mahali nitakapokimbilia kila wakati;
toa amri ya kuniokoa, kwa kuwa wewe
ni mwamba wangu na ngome yangu.
471:4 2Fal 19:19; Za 140:4; Mwa 48:16Ee Mungu wangu uniokoe kutoka kwenye mkono wa mwovu,
kutoka kwenye makucha ya watu wabaya na wakatili.
571:5 Za 9:18; 25:5; Ay 4:6; Yer 17:7Kwa kuwa umekuwa tumaini langu, Ee Bwana Mwenyezi,
tegemeo langu tangu ujana wangu.
671:6 Ay 3:16; Za 9:1; 22:9; 34:1; 52:9; 119:164; 145:2Tangu kuzaliwa nimekutegemea wewe,
ulinitoa tumboni mwa mama yangu.
Nitakusifu wewe daima.
771:7 Kum 28:46; 1Kor 4:9; Za 61:3; 2Sam 22:3Nimekuwa kama kioja kwa wengi,
lakini wewe ni kimbilio langu imara.
871:8 Za 71:15; 51:15; 63:5; 96:6; 104:1Kinywa changu kimejazwa sifa zako,
nikitangaza utukufu wako mchana kutwa.
971:9 Za 51:11; 92:14; Kum 4:31; 31:6Usinitupe wakati wa uzee,
wala usiniache nguvu zangu zinapopungua.
1071:10 Za 3:7; 10:8; 59:3; 31:13; Mt 1:10; 12:14Kwa maana adui zangu wananisengenya,
wale wanaonivizia kuniua wafanya hila.
1171:11 Isa 40:27; 54:7; Mt 27:46; Za 7:2; 9:10; Mao 5:20Wanasema, “Mungu amemwacha,
mkimbilieni mkamkamate,
kwani hakuna wa kumwokoa.”
1271:12 Za 38:21, 22; 22:19Ee Mungu, usiwe mbali nami,
njoo haraka kunisaidia, Ee Mungu wangu.
1371:13 Ay 8:22; Za 15:3; 70:2; Yer 18:19Washtaki wangu na waangamie kwa aibu,
wale wanaotaka kunidhuru
na wafunikwe kwa dharau na fedheha.
1471:14 Za 25:3; 42:5; 130:7; 131:3Lakini mimi, nitatumaini siku zote,
nitakusifu zaidi na zaidi.
1571:15 Za 71:8; 66:6; 51:14Kinywa changu kitasimulia haki yako,
wokovu wako mchana kutwa,
ingawa sifahamu kipimo chake.
1671:16 Za 77:12; 106:2; 118:15; 9:1; 145:4Ee Bwana Mwenyezi, nitakuja
na kutangaza matendo yako makuu,
nitatangaza haki yako, yako peke yako.
1771:17 Yer 7:13; Ay 5:9; Za 26:7; 86:10; 96:3; Kum 4:5Ee Mungu, umenifundisha tangu ujana wangu,
hadi leo ninatangaza matendo yako ya ajabu.
1871:18 Isa 46:4; Kut 9:16; Ay 8:8; Yoe 1:3; Za 78:4; 145:4; 22:30, 31Ee Mungu, usiniache,
hata niwapo mzee wa mvi,
mpaka nitangaze uwezo wako kwa kizazi kijacho,
nguvu zako kwa wote watakaokuja baadaye.
1971:19 Lk 1:49; Za 36:5; 35:10; 77:13; 89:8; 126:2Ee Mungu, haki yako imefika juu katika mbingu,
wewe ambaye umefanya mambo makuu.
Ee Mungu, ni nani aliye kama wewe?
2071:20 Za 80:3, 19; 25:17; 85:4; 63:9; Hos 6:2Ingawa umenifanya nipate taabu, nyingi na chungu,
utanihuisha tena,
kutoka vilindi vya dunia
utaniinua tena.
2171:21 Za 18:35; 86:17; Isa 12:1; 40:1, 2; 49:13; 54:10Utaongeza heshima yangu
na kunifariji tena.
2271:22 Za 33:2; 92:3; 144:9; Ay 21:12; 2Fal 19:22Ee Mungu wangu, nitakusifu kwa kinubi
kwa ajili ya uaminifu wako;
Ee Uliye Mtakatifu wa Israeli,
nitakuimbia sifa kwa zeze.
2371:23 Za 20:5; Kut 15:13Midomo yangu itapaza sauti kwa furaha
ninapokuimbia sifa,
mimi, ambaye umenikomboa.
2471:24 Za 35:28; Es 9:2Ulimi wangu utasimulia matendo yako ya haki
mchana kutwa,
kwa maana wale waliotaka kunidhuru,
wameaibishwa na kufadhaishwa.
