Verse 1: Gcina unyawo lwakho, lapho uya endlini kaNkulunkulu, ngokuba ukusondela ukuyokuzwa kungcono kunokunikela ngomhlatshelo weziwula, ngokuba azazi ukuthi zenza okubi.
Verse 2: Ungabi namawala ngomlomo wakho, nenhliziyo yakho mayingasheshi ukukhipha izwi phambi kukaNkulunkulu, ngokuba uNkulunkulu usezulwini, wena usemhlabeni; ngalokho amazwi akho mawabe yingcosana.
Verse 3: Ngokuba iphupho livela ngemisebenzi eminingi nephimbo lesiwula ngobuningi bamazwi.
Verse 4: Lapho wenza isithembiso phambi kukaNkulunkulu, ungalibali ukusifeza, ngokuba akathokozi ngeziwula: feza lokhu okwethembisayo.
Verse 5: Kungcono ukuba ungenzi isithembiso kunokuba uthembisa ungafezi.
Verse 6: Ungavumeli umlomo wakho ukuba wonise inyama yakho, futhi ungasho phambi kwesithunywa sikaNkulunkulu ukuthi kuyiphutha; yini ukuba uNkulunkulu athukuthelele izwi lakho, achithe umsebenzi wezandla zakho, na?
Verse 7: Ngokuba lapho kukhona amaphupho amaningi, kukhona nokuyize namazwi amaningi, kepha wena yesaba uNkulunkulu.
Verse 8: Uma ubona ukudlovelwa kwabampofu nokuphangwa kokwahlulela nokokulunga ezweni, ungamangali ngakho, ngokuba omkhulu uqaphela omkhulu kunaye, futhi kukhona nabakhulu kunabo.
Verse 9: Inkosi esebenzela amasimu iyinsizakalo yezwe kukho konke.
Verse 10: Othanda imali akayikusutha ngemali, nothanda okuningi akaneliswa yizithelo; nalokho kuyize.
Verse 11: Lapho okuhle kwanda, nabakudlayo bayanda; kulusizo luni kumninikho ngaphandle kokuba akubone ngamehlo akhe na?
Verse 12: Ubuthongo besisebenzi bumnandi, noma sidla okuyingcosana noma okuningi, kepha ukusutha kocebileyo akumvumeli ukuba alale.
Verse 13: Kukhona ububi obudabukisayo engibubonile phansi kwelanga: ingcebo egcinelwe umniniyo ukuba imlimaze;
Verse 14: futhi uma ingcebo ichithwa ngengozi embi, indodana ayizalileyo ayinalutho esandleni sayo.
Verse 15: Njengalokho aphuma esizalweni sikanina, uyakubuye amuke, ahambe ze njengasekufikeni kwakhe, engatholi lutho ngomshikashika wakhe, ahambe nalo esandleni sakhe.
Verse 16: Nalokho kungububi obudabukisayo ukuthi uyamuka kukho konke njengokufika kwakhe; unanzuzoni ukuthi ushikashikele umoya na?
Verse 17: Yebo, zonke izinsuku zakhe zisebumnyameni nasosizini, nasekukhathazekeni okuningi, nasekuguleni, nasekuthukutheleni.
Verse 18: Bheka, engikubonile mina ukuthi kuhle nokumnandi kumuntu kungukudla, nokuphuza, nokubona okuhle kuwo wonke umshikashika wakhe awushikashikayo phansi kwelanga zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe uNkulunkulu amnika zona; ngokuba lokhu kuyisabelo sakhe.
Verse 19: Futhi bonke abantu uNkulunkulu abaphe ingcebo nemfuyo, abanike futhi namandla okudla kukho ukuba bathathe izabelo zabo, bathokoze ngomshikashika wabo lokho kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu.
Verse 20: Ngokuba akakhumbuli kakhulu izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe, lokhu uNkulunkulu emnika intokozo enhliziyweni yakhe.