Salimo 39
Kwa mtsogoleri wa mayimbidwe. Kwa Yedutuni. Salimo la Davide.
Ndinati, “Ndidzasamalira njira zanga
ndipo ndidzasunga lilime langa kuti ndisachimwe;
ndidzatseka pakamwa panga ndi chitsekerero
nthawi yonse imene woyipa ali pamaso panga.”
Koma pamene ndinali chete
osanena ngakhale kanthu kalikonse kabwino
mavuto anga anachulukirabe.
Mtima wanga unatentha mʼkati mwanga,
ndipo pamene ndinkalingalira, moto unayaka;
kenaka ndinayankhula ndi lilime langa:
 
“Yehova ndionetseni mathero a moyo wanga
ndi chiwerengero cha masiku anga;
mundidziwitse kuti moyo wanga ndi wosakhalitsa motani.
Inu mwachititsa kuti masiku anga akhale ochepa kwambiri,
kutalika kwa zaka zanga ndi kopanda phindu pamaso panu;
moyo wa munthu aliyense ndi waufupi.
Sela
Munthu ali ngati chithunzithunzi chake pamene akuyenda uku ndi uku:
Iye amangovutika koma popanda phindu;
amadzikundikira chuma, osadziwa kuti chidzakhala chayani.
 
“Koma tsopano Ambuye kodi ndifunanso chiyani?
Chiyembekezo changa chili mwa Inu.
Pulumutseni ku zolakwa zanga zonse;
musandisandutse chonyozeka kwa opusa.
Ine ndinali chete; sindinatsekule pakamwa panga
pakuti Inu ndinu amene mwachita zimenezi.
10 Chotsani mkwapulo wanu pa ine;
ndagonjetsedwa ndi nkhonya ya dzanja lanu.
11 Inu mumadzudzula ndi kulanga anthu chifukwa cha tchimo lawo;
mumawononga chuma chawo monga njenjete;
munthu aliyense ali ngati mpweya.
Sela
 
12 “Imvani pemphero langa Inu Yehova,
mverani kulira kwanga kopempha thandizo;
musakhale chete pamene ndikulirira kwa Inu,
popeza ndine mlendo wanu wosakhalitsa;
monga anachitira makolo anga onse.
13 Musandiyangʼane mwaukali, choncho ndidzatha kusangalala
ndisanafe ndi kuyiwalika.”