Amahubo 146

1 Dumisani iNkosi! Dumisa iNkosi, mphefumulo wami.

Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

2 Ngizayidumisa iNkosi ngisaphila; ngizahlabelela indumiso kuNkulunkulu wami ngisesekhona.

While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.

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

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

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

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

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

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

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

Who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is in them: who keepeth truth for ever:

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

Who executeth judgment for the oppressed: who giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

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

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

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

The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

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

The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise ye the LORD.