Verse 1: Ungazikhathazi ngababi, ungabi namhawu ngabenza okungalungile.
Verse 2: Ngokuba bayakusikwa masinyane njengotshani, babune njengemithana eluhlaza.
Verse 3: Themba kuJehova, wenze okulungileyo; hlala ezweni, uzondle ngokukholeka;
Verse 4: zithokozise ngoJehova, yikhona ezakukunika okufiswa yinhliziyo yakho.
Verse 5: Nikela indlela yakho esandleni sikaJehova, umethembe; yena uzakukwenza.
Verse 6: Uzakuhlalukisa ukulunga kwakho njengokukhanya, nokufanele wena njengemini.
Verse 7: Thula phambi kukaJehova, ulindele yena; ungakhathazeki ngonenhlanhla endleleni yakhe, ngomuntu osongoza amacebo amabi.
Verse 8: Pheza ukuthukuthela; yeka ulaka, ungakhathazeki; kubanga ukona nje.
Verse 9: Ngokuba ababi bazakuchithwa, kepha abalindela uJehova bazakudla ifa lomhlaba.
Verse 10: Kuse ngumzuzwana, omubi angabe esabakho; kuyakuthi lapho uhlola indawo yakhe, uyakube engasekho.
Verse 11: Kepha abathobekileyo bazakulidla ifa lomhlaba, bathokoze ngokuthula okukhulu.
Verse 12: Omubi uyamsongela olungileyo ngokubi, amgedlele amazinyo.
Verse 13: INkosi iyakumhleka, ngokuba iyabona ukuthi usuku lwakhe luyeza.
Verse 14: Ababi bahosha inkemba, bansale umnsalo wabo ukuba bamwise phansi ohluphekileyo nompofu, babulale abandlela ilungile.
Verse 15: Inkemba yabo izakungena kweyabo inhliziyo, iminsalo yabo yaphulwe.
Verse 16: Okuncane anakho olungileyo kungcono kunemfuyo yababi abaningi.
Verse 17: Ngokuba izingalo zababi ziyakwaphulwa, kepha uJehova uyabaphasa abalungileyo.
Verse 18: UJehova uyazazi izinsuku zabaqotho; ifa labo liyakuma kuze kube phakade.
Verse 19: Abayikujabha esikhathini esibi; bayakusutha ezinsukwini zendlala.
Verse 20: Ngokuba ababi bayakubhubha; izitha zikaJehova zinjengobuhle bamadlelo: ziyakunyamalala, zinyamalale njengentuthu.
Verse 21: Omubi uyatsheleka, angabuyiseli; kepha olungileyo unesihawu, aphane.
Verse 22: Ngokuba ababusisiweyo bakhe bazakulidla ifa lomhlaba, kepha abaqalekiswa nguye bazakuchithwa.
Verse 23: Izinyathelo zomuntu ziqiniswa nguJehova; uyayithanda indlela yakhe.
Verse 24: Noma ekhubeka, akayikuwa phansi, ngokuba uJehova uphasa isandla sakhe.
Verse 25: Kade ngimusha, manje sengimdala; angizange ngibone olungileyo eshiyiwe nenzalo yakhe iphanza ukudla.
Verse 26: Usuku lonke uyahawukela, atsheleke, nenzalo yakhe iyisibusiso.
Verse 27: Deda kokubi, wenze okuhle, uyakuhlala kuze kube phakade.
Verse 28: Ngokuba uJehova uthanda ukulunga, akabashiyi abangcwele bakhe; bayalondolozwa kuze kube phakade, kepha inzalo yababi iyachithwa.
Verse 29: Abalungileyo bazakudla ifa lomhlaba, bahlale kuwo njalonjalo.
Verse 30: Umlomo wolungileyo ushumayela ukuhlakanipha; ulimi lwakhe lukhuluma ukulunga.
Verse 31: Umthetho kaNkulunkulu wakhe usenhliziyweni yakhe; izinyathelo zakhe azisheleli.
Verse 32: Omubi uqaphela olungileyo, ufuna ukumbulala.
Verse 33: UJehova akayikumnikela esandleni sakhe; akayikumlahla lapho ahlulelwa khona.
Verse 34: Lindela uJehova, ulonde indlela yakhe; uzakukuphakamisa, udle ifa lomhlaba, ubukele lapho ababi bechithwa khona.
Verse 35: Ngambona omubi oyisidlova ezenabisile njengomuthi oluhlaza ogxilileyo;
Verse 36: kwathi lapho umuntu edlula, bheka, wayengasekho; ngamfuna, kepha akabe esafunyanwa.
Verse 37: Mbhekisise ongasolekiyo, umbone oqotho; ngokuba umuntu wokuthula, ukugcina kwakhe kuhle.
Verse 38: Kepha abaphambukayo bayakubhujiswa bonke; isikhathi sababi siyakunqunywa.
Verse 39: Ukusindiswa kwabalungileyo kuvela kuJehova; uyinqaba yabo esikhathini sokuhlupheka.
Verse 40: UJehova uyabasiza, abakhulule; ubakhulula kwababi, abasindise, ngokuba bayamethemba.