Amahubo 146

1 Dumisani uThixo. Dumisa uThixo mphefumulo wami.

Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

2 Ngizamdumisa uThixo impilo yami yonke; ngizahlabela indumiso kuNkulunkulu wami nxa ngisaphila.

While I live I will praise Jehovah. I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

3 Lingabeki ithemba lenu emakhosini, ebantwini benyama, abangeke basindise.

Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 Kuthi umoya wabo ungaphuma, babuyele emhlabathini; mhlalokho nje amacebo ahle abhidlike.

His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth. In that very day his thoughts perish.

5 Ubusisiwe lowo osizo lwakhe lunguNkulunkulu kaJakhobe, othemba lakhe likuThixo uNkulunkulu wakhe.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,

6 UnguMenzi wamazulu lomhlaba, ulwandle lakho konke okulapho: uThixo owala elokhu ethembekile laphakade.

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps truth forever,

7 Uyabalwela abancindezelwayo anike abalambileyo ukudla. UThixo ukhulula izibotshwa,

who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. Jehovah releases the prisoners.

8 uThixo wenza iziphofu zibone, uThixo uyabaphakamisa labo asebebhazalele, uThixo uthanda abalungileyo.

Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind. Jehovah raises up those who are bowed down. Jehovah loves the righteous.

9 UThixo uyabalinda abezizweni asekele izintandane labafelokazi, kodwa anyampise izindlela zababi.

Jehovah preserves the sojourners. He upholds the fatherless and widow. But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

10 UThixo uyabusa nini lanini, uNkulunkulu wakho, wena Ziyoni, ezizukulwaneni zonke. Dumisani uThixo.

Jehovah will reign forever, thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise ye Jehovah.