¹ Wo kuwena ochithayo , kungachithwanga wena , nakuwe okhohlisayo , kungakhohliswanga wena ! Lapho uqede ukuchitha uyakuchithwa , nalapho usugcine ukukhohlisa, uyakukhohliswa nawe. ² Jehova, yiba nomusa kithi, sihlalela wena. Yiba yingalo yethu ekuseni njalo, nokusindiswa kwethu ngesikhathi sokuhlupheka. ³ Ngezwi lokuhlokoma abantu bayabaleka ; ngokuphakama kwakho izizwe ziyahlakazeka. ⁴ Impango iyakubuthwa njengoku butha kwecimbi , nanjengokuhlasela kwezinkumbi iyakuhlaselwa. ⁵ UJehova uphakeme , ngokuba uhlala phezulu ; uligcwalisile iSiyoni ngokwahlulela nangokulunga. ⁶ Kuyakuba khona ukuqiniseka ngesikhathi sakho , ubuningi bokusindiswa nokuhlakanipha nokwazi; ukumesaba uJehova kuyingcebo yakhe. ⁷ Bheka, amaqhawe abo akhala ngaphandle ; izithunywa zokuthula zikhala ngomunyu. ⁸ Imigwaqo iyize , izihambi seziphelile ; isivumelwano saphuliwe ; imizi ideleliwe; umuntu akanakekelewa. ⁹ Izwe liyalila , lidangele; iLebanoni linamahl oni, liyabuna; iSharoni linjengehlane, iBashani neKarmeli kuyavuthulukisa. ¹⁰ Sengiyakuvuka, usho uJehova; sengiyakuphakama; sengiyakuphakanyiswa. ¹¹ Niyakukhulelwa yizikhotha ezomileyo , nizale amabibi ; ukuphefumula kwenu kungumlilo oniqothulayo. ¹² Abantu bayakushiswa njengokushiswa komcako, njengameva anqunyiweyo ashiswa ngomlilo. ¹³ Yizwani nina enikude engikwenzileyo ; nani eniseduze , vumani amandla ami. ¹⁴ Izoni zaseSiyoni ziyesaba, ukuthuthumela kubambile abangenaNkulunkulu. Ngubani phakathi kweth u ongahlala nomlilo oqothulayo ; ngubani phakathi kwethu ongahlala nokunkewuzela okuphakade na? ¹⁵ Yena ohamba ngokulunga , okhuluma ngobuqotho , odelela inzuzo yokucindezela, othintitha izandla zakhe ukuze angamukeli imivuzo , ovala izindlebe zakhe ukuze angezwa nge gazi, ocimeza amehlo akhe ukuze angaboni okubi, ¹⁶ yena uyakuhlala ekuphakameni, izinqaba zamadwala zibe yisivikelo sakhe , aphiwe isinkwa sakhe, amanzi akhe athembeke. ¹⁷ Amehlo akho ayakuyibona inkosi ebuhleni bayo , ayakubona izwe elelulekele kude. ¹⁸ Inhliziyo yakho iyakucabanga ngovalo, ithi: Uphi umbhali, uphi olinganisile intela, uphi obalile imibhoshongo na? ¹⁹ Awuyikubona abantu abanobudlova , abantu abanokukhuluma okujulileyo ongenakukuzwa, nabalulimi lwabo olukwitizayo kungekho ongaluqonda. ²⁰ Kepha bhe ka iSiyoni, umuzi wemikhosi yethu ; amehlo akho mawabuke iJerusalema, indlu yokuthula , itende elingayikususwa , elizikhonkwane zalo aziyikusishulwa nanini, nelizintambo zalo aziyikugqashulwa neyodwa. ²¹ Kunalokho uJehova uyakuba nathi khona ebukhosini esikhundleni semifula nemifudlana ebanzi , lapho kungayikuhamba khona izikebhe ezinamaphini , nomkhumbi omkhulu ungadluli kuyo. ²² Ngokuba uJehova ungumahluleli wethu , uJehova ungumenzi wemithetho yethu, uJehova uyinkosi yethu; uyakusisindisa. ²³ Izintambo zakho ziya xega, azinakusiqinisa isiqu sensika yabo , azinakumeneka useyili ; khona iyakwabelwa impango enkulu ephangiweyo ; nezinyonga ziyakuthatha impango. ²⁴ Abakhe khona abayikusho ukuthi : Ngiyagula, abantu abahlala khona bayakuthethelelwa ububi babo.