Amahubo 146

1 Dumisani iNkosi! Dumisa iNkosi, mphefumulo wami.

Hallelujah. Praise, O my soul, the Lord.

2 Ngizayidumisa iNkosi ngisaphila; ngizahlabelela indumiso kuNkulunkulu wami ngisesekhona.

I will praise the Lord throughout my life: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

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

Put not your trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

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

When his spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his [native] earth: on that very day perish his thoughts.

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

[But] happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is on the Lord his God;

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

Who hath made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;

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

Who executeth justice for the oppressed: who giveth bread to the hungry: the Lord looseneth the prisoners;

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

The Lord causeth the blind to see; the Lord raiseth up those who are bowed down; the Lord loveth the righteous:

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

The Lord guardeth the strangers; the fatherless and widow he helpeth up; but the way of the wicked he maketh crooked.

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

The Lord will reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.