Amahubo 121

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

[A Song of Ascents.] I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?

2 Usizo lwami luvela eNkosini, eyenza amazulu lomhlaba.

My help comes from YHWH, who made heaven and earth.

3 Kayiyikuvuma ukuthi unyawo lwakho lutshelele; umlondolozi wakho kayikuwozela.

He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

4 Khangela, umlondolozi kaIsrayeli kayikuwozela njalo kayikulala.

Look, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

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

YHWH is your keeper. YHWH is your shade on your right hand.

6 Ilanga kaliyikukutshaya emini, lenyanga ebusuku.

The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

7 INkosi izakulondoloza kukho konke okubi; izalondoloza umphefumulo wakho.

YHWH will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

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

YHWH will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forth, and forevermore.