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¹UDavida wahlabelela uThixo amazwi alelihubo lapho uThixo wamsindisa esandleni sezitha zakhe zonke lasesandleni sikaSawuli.

²Wathi:

³uNkulunkulu wami ulidwala lami, lapho engiphephela khona,

⁴Ngakhuleka kuThixo ofanele ukudunyiswa,

⁵Amagagasi okufa angikhulela;

⁶Izibopho zengcwaba zangithandela;

⁷Ekukhathazekeni kwami ngakhuleka kuThixo;

⁸Umhlaba wagedezela wazamazama,

⁹Intuthu yalanquka emakhaleni akhe;

¹⁰Waqhekeza amazulu wehlela phansi;

¹¹Wagada amakherubhi waphapha;

¹²Wenza umnyama isigubuzelo esimhanqileyo,

¹³Phakathi kokukhazimula kobukhona bakhe,

¹⁴UThixo wakhwaza esezulwini;

¹⁵Waciba imitshoko wazihlakaza izitha,

¹⁶Izigodi zolwandle zambulwa

¹⁷Welula isandla sakho usezulwini wangibamba

¹⁸Wangihlenga esitheni sami esilamandla,

¹⁹Zangijamela mhla ngisebunzimeni,

²⁰Wangikhupha wangibeka endaweni ebanzi;

²¹UThixo ungenzele okulingene ukulunga kwami;

²²Ngoba ngizigcinile izindlela zikaThixo;

²³Yonke imithetho yakhe iphambi kwami;

²⁴Ngibe ngilokhu ngimsulwa phambi kwakhe

²⁵UThixo ungivuze ngokufanele ukulunga kwami;

²⁶Kwabathembekileyo lawe uthembekile,

²⁷kwabahlanzekileyo uziveza uhlanzekile,

²⁸Uyabasindisa abathobekileyo;

²⁹Uyisibane sami, Oh Thixo,

³⁰Ngosizo lwakho ngingaphuma ngimelane lebutho lempi,

³¹Izindlela zikaNkulunkulu uqobo lwakhe ziphelele;

³²Ngoba ngubani uNkulunkulu ngaphandle kukaThixo?

³³NguNkulunkulu ongihlomisa amandla

³⁴Wenza inyawo zami zibe njengezempala;

³⁵Ufundisa izandla zami ukulwa impi,

³⁶Uyanginika isihlangu sakho sokunqoba;

³⁷Uqhelisa indlela enginyathela kuyo,

³⁸Ngaxotshana lezitha zami ngaziqothula;

³⁹Ngaziqothula okupheleleyo, njalo zazingeke zisavuka;

⁴⁰Wangihlomisa ngamandla okulwa impi;

⁴¹Wenza izitha zami zafulathela zabaleka,

⁴²Bakhala becela uncedo, kodwa wayengekho owayengabahlenga

⁴³Ngabatshaya bacholeka njengothuli lomhlabathi;

⁴⁴Ungikhulule ekuhlaselweni yilababantu;

⁴⁵abezizweni bayatshotshobala phambi kwami;

⁴⁶Bonke badelile;

⁴⁷UThixo uyaphila! Alidunyiswe iDwala lami!

⁴⁸UnguNkulunkulu ongiphindiselelayo,

⁴⁹ongikhululayo ezitheni zami.

⁵⁰Ngakho ngizakudumisa, Oh Thixo, phakathi kwezizwe;

⁵¹Unika inkosi yakhe ukunqoba okukhulu;