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₁Mus' ukuziduba ngamatshijolo wena,

ungabamoneli abenzi bobubi.

₂Kwakamsinya baya kubuna njengengca,

bavuthuluke njengamagqabi.

₃Thembela *kuNdikhoyo wena, wenze okulungileyo;

uya kuba sisima-mhlaba, ube nekamva.

₄Zonwabise ngokululamela uNdikhoyo;

wokunika umnqweno wentliziyo yakho.

₅Zilahlele kuNdikhoyo, ukholose ngaye;

yena ke wokwenzelelela.

₆Wobutyhila bukhanye njengelanga ubulungisa bakho,

kucace mhlophe ukulunga kwakho.

₇Zola phambi koNdikhoyo, ulindele kuye,

ungazidubi ngabantu abaphumelela ngamaqhinga.

₈Zilumle emsindweni, uyilahle ingqumbo,

ungazidub' umphefumlo, hleze unxunguphale.

₉Kaloku othi shwaka amatshijolo,

kodwa boba zizima-mhlaba abathembele kuNdikhoyo.

₁₀Ngumzuzwana nje athi shwak' amatshijolo;

uthi uwakhangela ungawaboni.

₁₁Kodwa bona abathobekileyo bowuma umhlaba,

baxhamle intlutha noxolo.

₁₂Amatshijolo awenzela amayelenqe amalungisa,

awajamele ngentiyokazi enkulu.

₁₃Kodwa uNdikhoyo usuka acubhuke yintsini,

kuba uyazi yena ukuba imihla yamatshijolo selisongekile.

₁₄Arhola amakrele, ajolise iintolo zawo amatshijolo,

efun' ukuwisa iintsizana namahlwempu,

abulale amalungisa.

₁₅Otyakatywa kwangelawo ikrele,

zaphulwe nezo ntolo zawo.

₁₆Obo buncinanana linabo ilungisa,

bungcono kunentaphane ezinayo izikrelemnqa,

₁₇kuba uya kuzaphul' iimpondo uNdikhoyo izikrelemnqa,

awenzelelele wona amalungisa.

₁₈UNdikhoyo uyawabonelela amalungisa,

awenze awume umhlaba ngalo lonk' ixesha.

₁₉Akayi kuntshubaza ngamaxesh' endlala;

ohlutha naxa ikati selilel' eziko.

₂₀Ke zona iintshaba zikaNdikhoyo zotshabalala,

zibhange zixel' ingca etshayo edlelweni.

₂₁Izikrelemnqa ziboleka zingabuyisi,

ke lona ilungisa lipha ngesisa.

₂₂Boba zizima-mhlaba abo abathamsanqelayo uNdikhoyo,

bagxothwe abo abaqalekisayo.

₂₃NguNdikhoyo okhokelela umntu kwindlela amakahambe ngayo;

nguye omenza akholeke kuye.

₂₄Nokuba uwile, uyavuka,

kuba nguNdikhoyo omthundezayo.

₂₅Ndiyaluphala ngoku,

ukanti andizange ndilibone ilungisa lintshubaza,

nabantwana balo belamba.

₂₆Lisoloko libolekisa, lisipha ngesisa,

nenzala yalo iyathamsanqelwa.

₂₇Yahlukana nobubi, wenze okulungileyo;

uya kwalulelwa imihla yakho ebomini.

₂₈Kaloku uNdikhoyo uyakuthanda okulungileyo;

akayi kubafulathela abantu bakhe.

Wasoloko ebakhusela uNdikhoyo,

kodwa yona inzala yamatshijolo iyanqunyulwa.

₂₉Amalungisa aya kuba zizima-mhlaba,

ahlale ngoxolo kude kube nini.

₃₀Ilungisa lithetha amazwi obulumko;

into eliyithethayo isoloko

ilungile.

₃₁Lisoloko liwubambile umthetho kaThixo;

alisoze licebuke kuwo nanini na.

₃₂Itshijolo lisoloko lizungula ukubulala amalungisa,

₃₃kodwa uNdikhoyo akayi kuliyekela kumatshijolo ilungisa,

engayi kuliyekela lohlwaywe enkundleni yamatyala.

₃₄Thembela kuNdikhoyo, uthobele imithetho yakhe;

wokunika umhlaba uwume,

uwabone amatshijolo etshabalala.

₃₅Ndalibona lilawula ngegqudu itshijolo,

lilugxibha ngathi ngumkhoba wamahlathi.

₃₆Ndaphinda ndadlula apho, ndabona lingasekho;

ndalikhangela, andalifumana konke.

₃₇Kugqale ukulunga nobumsulwa,

kuba kumzisela uxolo umntu ekugqibeleni;

₃₈kodwa bona aboni baya kutshatyalaliswa,

nenzala yabo iphanziswe kuphele.

₃₉NguNdikhoyo umhlanguli wamalungisa;

ulikhaka lawo ngexesha lobunzima.

₄₀Nguye owancedayo, awahlangule,

awasindise kumatshijolo,

kuba akholose ngaye amalungisa.