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₂“Ucinga ukuba bubulungisa na obu?

Kaloku uthi: ‘Ndiya kugwetyelwa nguThixo.’

₃Kanti ubhekisa kuThixo usithi:

‘Khon' ukuba ndonile ke?

Kundinceda ngani ukungoni?’

₄“Ke ngoku mna ndiza kukuphendula,

wena ngokunjalo nabahlobo bakho.

₅Khawuqethuke ujonge amazulu,

uwabone la mafu aphezu kwakho.

₆Noba uyona awumchukumisi nganto uThixo;

ewe, awumenzi nto noba ungade uphinda-phinde!

₇Ukulungisa kwakho kumnceda ngantoni ke?

Ewe, uThixo akazuzi nto esandleni sakho.

₈Ukona kwakho kuphazamisa kwa-abantu,

nokulungisa kwakho kunceda kwabona.

₉“Abantu bayakhala ngenxa yobuninzi bengcinezelo;

balangazelela ukukhululeka kwisandla sabanamandla.

₁₀Kodwa yinqaba ukubhenela kuThixo uMdali wabo

ozisa ithemba xa sukuba lixubayele.

₁₁Nguye osinika ulwazi kunezilwanyana;

yena usenza silumke kuneentaka.

₁₂Abantu noba sebekhala, uThixo akaphenduli,

kuba abakhohlakeleyo bathiwe lwale likratshi.

₁₃Inene, uThixo akangeke awaphulaphule amampunge;

uSomandla akawasi so tu.

₁₄Kunjalo maxa usithi akumboni uThixo,

usithi umcimbi wakho uphambi kwakhe,

usithi ulinde yena,

₁₅naxa uthi uThixo akacaphuki ohlwaye,

usithi akasihoyi isono.

₁₆Ke uYobi uthetha amampunge,

wenza umlembelele engenalwazi.”