Amahubo 146

1 Dumisani iNkosi! Dumisa iNkosi, mphefumulo wami.

Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul.

2 Ngizayidumisa iNkosi ngisaphila; ngizahlabelela indumiso kuNkulunkulu wami ngisesekhona.

While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

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

Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.

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

His spirit departs, and he returns to the 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 who has 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 keeps truth forever;

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

who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.

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

The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous.

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

The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

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

The LORD will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!