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,
30Izidutshulo lamanxeba kugezisa okubi,