Amahubo 121

1 Ngizaphakamisela amehlo ami ezintabeni, lapho usizo lwami oluzavela khona.

A Song of Degrees. I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come.

2 Usizo lwami luvela eNkosini, eyenza amazulu lomhlaba.

My help [shall come] from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.

3 Kayiyikuvuma ukuthi unyawo lwakho lutshelele; umlondolozi wakho kayikuwozela.

Let not your foot be moved; and let not your keeper slumber.

4 Khangela, umlondolozi kaIsrayeli kayikuwozela njalo kayikulala.

Behold, he that keeps Israel shall not slumber nor sleep.

5 INkosi ingumlondolozi wakho; iNkosi ingumthunzi wakho esandleni sakho sokunene.

The Lord shall keep you: the Lord is your shelter upon your right hand.

6 Ilanga kaliyikukutshaya emini, lenyanga ebusuku.

The sun shall not burn you by day, neither the moon by night.

7 INkosi izakulondoloza kukho konke okubi; izalondoloza umphefumulo wakho.

May the Lord preserve you from all evil: the Lord shall keep your soul.

8 INkosi izalondoloza ukuphuma kwakho lokungena kwakho, kusukela khathesi kuze kube phakade.

The Lord shall keep your coming in, and your going out, from henceforth and even for ever.