Amahubo 146

1 Dumisani uThixo. Dumisa uThixo mphefumulo wami.

Praise ye Jah! Praise, O my soul, Jehovah.

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

I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

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

Trust not in princes — in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.

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

His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

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

O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope [is] on Jehovah his God,

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

Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that [is] in them, Who is keeping truth to the age,

7 Uyabalwela abancindezelwayo anike abalambileyo ukudla. UThixo ukhulula izibotshwa,

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

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

Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous,

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

Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

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

Jehovah doth reign to the age, Thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise ye Jah!