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1.

Umoya wam wonakele, imihla yam icinyiwe, Into yam ngamangcwaba.

2.

Inene ndiyinto abadlala ngayo, Neliso lam lilibele ziinkani zabo.

3.

Khawubeke into, undimele; Ngubani na yena oya kubambana nam ngesandla?

4.

Ngokuba intliziyo yabo uyifihlele ukuqiqa; Ngenxa yoko akuyi kubaphakamisa.

5.

Unikela abahlobo ukuba babe ngamaxhoba, Amehlo abantwana bakhe aze aphelelwe.

6.

Undimise ndaba ngumzekeliso ezizweni; Ndaba ngotshicelwa ebusweni.

7.

Laza lanorhatyazo iliso lam kukukhathazeka; Amalungu am aba njengesithunzi onke ephela.

8.

Bamangaliswa abathe tye yile nto; Omsulwa uyazixhokonxa ngenxa yentshembenxa.

9.

Ke olilungisa ubambe indlela yakhe, Ozandla zihlambulukileyo uya ekhalipha.

10.

Kodwa nina nonke, buyani, khanize; Andiyi kufumana silumko phakathi kwenu.

11.

Imihla yam idlule, zijaciwe izigqibo zam, Amafa entliziyo yam.

12.

Bathi ubusuku yimini; Ukukhanya kusondele, xa kuza kuba mnyama.

13.

Ukuba ndithe ndathemba, ndithembe elabafileyo, indlu yam; Ndandlala umandlalo wam emnyameni;

14.

Ukuba ndithe kukubola, Ungubawo; Ndathi kwimpethu, Unguma, ungudade wethu:

15.

Liphi na ke ngoku ithemba lam? Ithemba lam, ngubani na owolibona?

16.

Liya kuhla liye emivalweni yelabafileyo, Xa siphumla kunye eluthulini.

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