1Waphendula uJobe wathi:
2“Lalamuhla ukusola kwami kulokhu kubuhlungu kabi,
3Ngabe ngiyakwazi lapho engingamfumana khona;
4Bengizayibeka kuhle indaba yami phambi kwakhe
5Bengizakuzwa ukuthi yena uphendula athini,
6Kambe angangiphikisa ngamandla na?
7Lapho umuntu oqotho ubengendlala indaba yakhe phambi kwakhe,
8Kodwa nxa ngisiya empumalanga, yena kakho khona;
9Nxa esemsebenzini enyakatho,
10Kodwa uyayazi indlela engihamba ngayo;
11Inyawo zami bezilokhu zilandelana lezinyathelo zakhe;
12Angigudlukanga emilayweni yezindebe zakhe;
13Kodwa uzimele yedwa, ngubani ongaphikisana laye na?
14Uyagcwalisa isimiso sakhe ngami,
15Yikho-nje ngithuthumela ukuma phambi kwakhe;
16UNkulunkulu usenze inhliziyo yami yaphela amandla;