Verse 1: “Umphefumulo wami ukhathele ukuhamba kwami; ngiyazinikela ekukhaleni, ngikhulume ngomunyu womphefumulo wami.
Verse 2: Ngiyakusho kuNkulunkulu ukuthi: ‘Ungangilahli; ngazise ukuthi uphikisanelani nami na?
Verse 3: Kuhle yini kuwe ukuba ucindezele, ulahle umsebenzi wezandla zakho, ukhanye phezu kwamasu ababi, na?
Verse 4: Amehlo enyama unawo na? Uyabona njengabantu na?
Verse 5: Imihla yakho injengemihla yomuntu na? Neminyaka yakho injengezinsuku zabantu na?
Verse 6: lokhu ufuna ukona kimi, ufunisisa isono sami,
Verse 7: noma ukwazi ukuthi angimubi nokuthi akakho ongophula esandleni sakho.
Verse 8: Izandla zakho zingibumbile, zangenza ngokupheleleyo nxazonke; nokho uyangichitha.
Verse 9: Ake ukhumbule ukuthi ungenzile njengebumba; pho, uyakungibuyisela othulini na?
Verse 10: Awungithululanga njengobisi, wangijiyisa njengoshizi, na?
Verse 11: Awungembathisanga isikhumba nenyama, wangiphica ngamathambo nangemisipha, na?
Verse 12: Ungenzele ukuphila nomusa; ukungihambela kwakho kulondile umoya wami.
Verse 13: Kepha ufihlile enhliziyweni yakho lokhu; ngiyazi ukuthi lokhu kukuwe kokuthi:
Verse 14: Uma ngona, uyangiqaphela; awuyikuthethelela ukona kwami.
Verse 15: Uma nginecala, maye kimi! Noma bengilungile, bengingayikuphakamisa ikhanda lami, lokhu ngisuthi ngehlazo, ngibona ukuhlupheka kwami.
Verse 16: Nokuba bengiziphakamisa, ubuyakungizingela njengengonyama, ubuye uzenze omangalisayo kimi.
Verse 17: Ubuyakuletha kimi ofakazi abasha, wandise intukuthelo yakho kimi, amabandla ngamabandla angisukele.
Verse 18: “ ‘Ungikhipheleni esizalweni na? Ngangiyakugqibuka lingakangiboni iso,
Verse 19: ngibe njengokungathi ngingekho, ngiyiswe ethuneni ngisaphuma esiswini.
Verse 20: Imihla yami ayiyingcosana na? Makapheze, angiyeke ukuba ngithokoze kancane,
Verse 21: ngingakayi lapho ngingasayikubuya khona, izwe lobumnyama nelomthunzi wokufa,
Verse 22: izwe lobumnyama obunjengesigayegaye nelomthunzi wokufa nelesiphithiphithi, lapho ukukhanya kunjengobumnyama.’ ”