1Iwayini lenza ukudelela lotshwala buyaxabanisa,
2Ulaka lwenkosi lunjengokubhonga kwesilwane;
3Kumupha udumo umuntu ukubalekela ukuxabana,
4Ivila kalilimi ngesikhathi esifaneleyo;
5Izifiso zenhliziyo yomuntu zingamanzi azikileyo,
6Banengi abathi balothando olungapheliyo,
7Umuntu olungileyo uphila impilo encomekayo;
8Inkosi nxa ihlezi esihlalweni sayo isahlulela,
9Ngubani ongathi, “Ngiyigcinile inhliziyo yami imhlophe;
10Izisindo ezitshiyanayo
11Lomntwana waziwa ngezenzo zakhe,
12Indlebe ezizwayo lamehlo abonayo
13Ungathandani lobuthongo uzakuba ngumyanga,
14“Kubi, kubi!” kutsho umthengi;
15Likhona igolide lamatshe aligugu amanengi,
16Thatha isembatho salowo owenzela owezizweni isibambiso;
17Ukudla okuzuzwe ngenkohliso kumnandi emuntwini,
18Nxa usenza amacebo dinga izeluleko;
19Onyeyayo uyehluleka ukugcina imfihlo,
20Nxa umuntu ethuka uyise loba unina,
21Ilifa elizuzwa lula ekuqaleni
22Ungabokuthi, “Lami ngizakulungisa ngalokhu ongenze khona!”
23UThixo* uyazizonda izilinganiso eziguquguqulwayo,
24Izinyathelo zomuntu zikhokhelwa nguThixo*.
25Yikuzithiya ukuthembisa ngokuphangisa ukupha ulutho,
26Inkosi ehlakaniphileyo iyabahlungula ababi;
27Isibane sikaThixo* siyawuhlolisisa umphefumulo womuntu;
28Uthando lokwethembeka kuyayivikela inkosi;
29Udumo lwamajaha lusemandleni awo,