Amahubo 146

1 Dumisani uThixo. Dumisa uThixo mphefumulo wami.

Hallelujah. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

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

I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises unto my God while I have my being.

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

Put not your trust in princes, 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 goeth forth, he returneth to his dust; in that very day his thoughts perish.

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

Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD 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 in them is; who keepeth truth for ever;

7 Uyabalwela abancindezelwayo anike abalambileyo ukudla. UThixo ukhulula izibotshwa,

Who executeth justice for the oppressed; who giveth bread to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners;

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

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; the LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth the righteous;

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

The LORD preserveth the strangers; He upholdeth the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked He maketh crooked.

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

The LORD will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.