Verse 1: Ihubo lika-Asafa. Nkulunkulu, abezizwe bangenile efeni lakho; bangcolisile ithempeli lakho elingcwele; benze iJerusalema libe yincithakalo.
Verse 2: Bazinikile izidumbu zezinceku zakho zibe ngukudla kwezinyoni zezulu, inyama yabakwesabayo kuzo izilo zomhlaba.
Verse 3: Bachithile igazi labo njengamanzi nxazonke zeJerusalema, akwababikho obembelayo.
Verse 4: Sesiyisihlamba kubakhelwane bethu, umbhinqo nenhlekiso kwabasiphahlileyo.
Verse 5: Koze kube nini, Jehova, uthukuthele njalo, ukushisekela kwakho kuvutha njengomlilo, na?
Verse 6: Thela ulaka lwakho phezu kwabezizwe abangakwaziyo naphezu kwemibuso engakhulekeli igama lakho.
Verse 7: Ngokuba sebemdlile uJakobe, umuzi wakhe sebewuchithile.
Verse 8: Mawungasibaleli amacala akuqala; umusa wakho mawusheshe usihlangabeze, ngokuba sesibuthakathaka kakhulu.
Verse 9: Sisize, Nkulunkulu wensindiso yethu, ngenxa yenkazimulo yegama lakho; usikhulule, usithethelele izono zethu ngenxa yegama lakho.
Verse 10: Bangasholoni abezizwe ukuthi: “Uphi uNkulunkulu wabo na?” Makwazeke kwabezizwe emehlweni ethu ukuphindiselwa kwegazi lezinceku zakho elichithiweyo.
Verse 11: Ukububula kwesiboshwa makuze phambi kwakho; londoloza ngobukhulu bengalo yakho asebengabantwana bokufa.
Verse 12: Buyisela kubakhelwane bethu, kuphindwe kasikhombisa esifubeni sabo inhlamba abakuhlambalaza ngayo, Nkosi.
Verse 13: Khona thina bantu bakho, izimvu zedlelo lakho, siyakukubonga kuze kube phakade, sishumayele udumo lwakho ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane.