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40 DAYS – Time with God – Day 13

40 DAYS – Time with God – Day 13

Apple of God’s Eye

by Pat Baxter

Itekisi yeBhayibhile

IINDUMISO 17

Umthandazo womntu ongenankohliso

Umthandazo kaDavide.

1Kuphulaphule ukunyaniseka kwam, *Ndikhoyo;

kubazel' iindlebe ukutarhuzisa kwam.

Yiva, nas' isicelo sam.

Kaloku mna andinankohliso.

2Malicace kuwe ibango lam;

amehlo akho makakhangele ngokungenaxanasi.

3Uyicikidile intliziyo yam, wandivelela ebusuku;

undivavanyile, akwafumana bugwenxa kum.

Kaloku ndizimisele ukungoni,

nditsho nangokuthetha oku.

4Andixelisang' abany' abantu ngokuphikisana nomyalelo wakho;

ndizikhwebule kwiindlela zamathanda-gazi.

5Ndithe ngcembe, ndihamba ngendlela yakho;

andaphambuka konke kuyo.

6Ndizibika kuwe, Thixo; kaloku uyandiva;

zibaze iindlebe, uwuve umthandazo wam.

7Bonakalisa uthando lwakh' olungagugiyo,

wena msindisi wâbo bathembela ngawe,

ubakhusele ezintshabeni zabo.

8Ndilondoloze ngokokhozo lweliso lakho,

undisithelise ngethunzi lamaphiko akho

9kubantw' abagwenxa abandihlaselayo,

kwezo ntshaba zindingqongileyo, zifuth' inkohlakalo.

10Azinalo novelwano;

zithe lwale likratshi.

11Ziyandizungula, zifun' ukundirhangqa;

zindithe ntsho ngamehlo, zijong' ukundiqethula.

12Zifun' ukundithi qwenge-qwenge zixel' ingonyama;

zindilalele zincatham' engontsini njengerhamncwa.

13Lamla, Ndikhoyo; zikhalimele iintshaba, uzichithe!

Ndihlangule ngekrele lakho kubantw' abagwenxa.

14Ndihlangule, Ndikhoyo, koohlohlesakhe abazisu zimbaxa,

betsho ngenyambalala yoonyana.

Bathi zubelele bafe,

babushiyel' oonyana obo butyebi.

15Mna ndobonana nawe ngenxa yobulungisa bam;

ndokwaneliswa kukubona wena xa ndivukayo.

IINDUMISO 17XHO96Vula kumfundi weBhayibhile

‘The Apple of The Eye’ was originally a metaphor used in biblical times to describe the spherical shape of the pupil: the most sensitive part of the body. The pupil is the structure that tells what a person is touched by, sees and cherishes most. The Hebrew understanding of the pupil literally means ‘the little man of the eye’ that shows what a person loves above all else.

In this text the psalmist sees that what is most important is to ask God that you be kept cherished and protected under His wing. The eye is thus the window to the soul. The plea is to be beloved, to be precious to God always. The psalmist asks to be protected from all else that may get in the way of this treasured love.

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