1. “Ke bona ubomi bomntu yimbulaleko emhlabeni;imihla yakhe ngumzabalazo onjengobomi bomqeshwa.
2. Imihla yakhe injengeyekhoboka elisoloko lilangazelela ukuhlwa;injengeyomqeshwa olangazelela umvuzo wakhe.
3. Ewe, esam isabelo ziinyanga ngeenyanga zokulambatha;mna ndabelwe ubusuku beenzingo.
4. Xa ndilalayo ndithi: ‘Yaz'ba kuya kusa nini na?’Nobo busuku ke busuka bube bude gqitha,ke mna ndibe ndimbola-mboleka kude kuse.
5. Umzimba wam wambethe iimpethu nothuli;ulusu lona lucandekile, luyabhidla.
6. “Imihla yam ikhawuleza okomatshini wokuluka;iya kufikelela esiphelweni ingaginyisi mathe.
7. Khawukhumbule ke, kuba ubomi bam bunjengomphunga;amehlo am akasoze aphinde akubone okuhle.
8. Nâbo bandibonayo ngoku soze babe sandibona;ndiya kuphel' emehlweni undijongile.
9. Njengokuqhabalakana nokunyamalala kwamafuunjalo ofayo, akaphindi abuye.
10. Akaphindi eze ekhayeni lakhe,angabi sazana nendawo yakhe.
11. “Hayi khona, andiyi kuthi cwaka!Ndiya kuwuphalaza umva-ndedwa wam, ndikhale ndibindekile!