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