1Umphefumulo wami uzithulele kuNkulunkulu kuphela; insindiso yami ivela kuye.
2Nguye kuphela oyidwala lami nensindiso yami, inqaba yami; angiyikunyakaziswa kakhulu.
3Koze kube nini nisukela umuntu ukuba nimbulale nonke njengodonga olwengemeyo nothango oludilikayo na?
4Yebo, bathunga icebo lokumwisa ekuphakameni kwakhe, bathanda amanga; bayabusisa ngomlomo wabo, kepha ezibilinini zabo bayaqalekisa. Sela*
5Mphefumulo wami, zithulisele kuNkulunkulu kuphela, ngokuba ithemba lami livela kuye.
6Nguye kuphela oyidwala lami nensindiso yami, inqaba yami; angiyikunyakaziswa.
7Insindiso yami nodumo lwami kukuNkulunkulu; idwala lami eliqinileyo nesiphephelo sami kukuNkulunkulu.
8Thembani kuye ngezikhathi zonke nina bantu, nithulule inhliziyo yenu phambi kwakhe; uNkulunkulu uyisiphephelo sethu. Sela*
9Abantwana babantu bangumoya nje, abantwana bezikhulu bangamanga; esilinganisweni bayakhuphuka, balula kunomoya bonke.
10Maningakwethembi ukuqhwaga, ningazigabisi ngokuphangiweyo; uma imfuyo yanda, ningayibeki inhliziyo kuyo.
11UNkulunkulu ukhulumile kanye, ngikuzwe kabili ukuthi amandla angakaNkulunkulu.
12Nomusa ungowakho, Nkosi; ngokuba wena umphindisela umuntu njengokwenza kwakhe.