Amahubo 146

1 Dumisani iNkosi! Dumisa iNkosi, mphefumulo wami.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise thou the Lord, O my soule.

2 Ngizayidumisa iNkosi ngisaphila; ngizahlabelela indumiso kuNkulunkulu wami ngisesekhona.

I will prayse the Lord during my life: as long as I haue any being, I wil sing vnto my God.

3 Lingabeki ithemba lenu eziphathamandleni, endodaneni yomuntu okungekho kuyo usindiso.

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him.

4 Umoya wakhe uyaphuma, uyabuyela emhlabathini wakhe; ngalolosuku amacebo akhe ayaphela.

His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish.

5 Ubusisiwe yena oloNkulunkulu kaJakobe ukuthi abe lusizo lwakhe, othemba lakhe liseNkosini uNkulunkulu wakhe,

Blessed is he, that hath the God of Iaakob for his helpe, whose hope is in the Lord his God.

6 owenza amazulu, lomhlaba, ulwandle, lakho konke okukukho, ogcina iqiniso kuze kube nininini,

Which made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth his fidelitie for euer:

7 owenzela abacindezelweyo isahlulelo, obaphayo ukudla abalambileyo. INkosi iyakhulula izibotshwa,

Which executeth iustice for the oppressed: which giueth bread to the hungry: the Lord loseth the prisoners.

8 INkosi iyavula amehlo eziphofu; iNkosi iyabalulamisa abakhothemeyo; iNkosi iyabathanda abalungileyo.

The Lord giueth sight to the blinde: the Lord rayseth vp the crooked: the Lord loueth the righteous.

9 INkosi ilondoloza abemzini, isekele intandane lomfelokazi; kodwa indlela yababi iyayigenqula.

The Lord keepeth the strangers: he relieueth the fatherlesse and widowe: but he ouerthroweth the way of the wicked.

10 INkosi izabusa kuze kube nininini, uNkulunkulu wakho, Ziyoni, kuze kube sesizukulwaneni ngesizukulwana. Dumisani iNkosi!

The Lord shall reigne for euer: O Zion, thy God endureth from generation to generation. Prayse ye the Lord.