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| 1. | Ngingumuntu obone ukuhlupheka ngentonga yolaka lwayo. |
| 2. | Ingiqhubile yangingenisa emnyameni ongelakukhanya. |
| 3. | Isibili ingiphendulele isandla sayo, iphinde futhifuthi usuku lonke. |
| 4. | Igugisile inyama yami lesigogo sami, yephula amathambo ami. |
| 5. | Ingihanqile yangembesa ngosizi langokuhlupheka. |
| 6. | Yangenza ngahlala emnyameni njengabakade bafa. |
| 7. | Ingibiyele ukuze ngingaphumi, yangibopha ngamaketane anzima. |
| 8. | Njalo nxa ngikhala ngicela ukusizwa, iyawala umkhuleko wami. |
| 9. | Iyivalile indlela yami ngamatshe abaziweyo, yaphambula izindlela zami. |
| 10. | Kimi injengebhere elicathemeyo, lanjengesilwane esicatshileyo. |
| 11. | Ingiphambule endleleni yami, yangidabudabula, yangitshiya ngize. |
| 12. | Igobisile idandili layo, yangibeka ngaba yinto yokunengwa ngomtshoko wayo. |
| 13. | Ihlabile inhliziyo yami ngemitshoko yesamba sayo. |
| 14. | Sengiyinhlekisa kibo bonke abantu, into yokuhaywa zingoma zabo insuku zonke. |
| 15. | Ingehlisele ukubaba, yanginathisa umhlonyane. |
| 16. | Yephule amazinyo ami ngokhethe, yangidlisa umlotha. |
| 17. | Umphefumulo wami uphelelwe yikuthula, sengikhohliwe ukuthi intokozo iyini. |
| 18. | Ngakho ngithi: Amandla ami aphelile, lethemba lami elivela e Nkosi ni. |
| 19. | Nxa ngikhumbula ukuhlupheka kwami lobuhlungu bami, kubaba njengomhlonyane lenyongo. |
| 20. | Umoya wami uhlala ukukukhumbula, kukhathazeke phakathi kwami. |
| 21. | Kodwa ngikhumbula lokhu ngibe lethemba. |
| 22. | Uthando lwe Nkosi luhlala njalo, lesihawu sayo kasilakucina. |
| 23. | Kutsha insuku zonke ekuseni, lothembeko lwayo lukhulu. |
| 24. | Umoya wami uthi: I Nkosi iyisabelo sami, ngakho ngizathemba kiyo. |
| 25. | I Nkosi ilungile kwabayithembayo, kulabo abayidingayo. |
| 26. | Kuhle ukuyithemba, lokulindela ngokuthula ukukhulula kwayo. |
| 27. | Kuhle emuntwini ukuthi athwale ijogwe ebutsheni bakhe. |
| 28. | Kahlale yedwa athule lapho esefakiwe lona, |
| 29. | athi mbo ngobuso ethulini; mhlawumbe kungaba khona ithemba. |
| 30. | Kanikele isihlathi sakhe kwabamtshayayo asuthe inhlamba. |
| 31. | Ngoba iNkosi kayiyikulahla kuze kube phakade. |
| 32. | Ngoba uba isehlisa ubuhlungu, izakuba lesihawu ngobukhulu bothando lwayo. |
| 33. | Ngoba kayihluphi, idabukise abantu ngoba ikuthanda. |
| 34. | Ukucindezela phansi zonke izibotshwa ezisemhlabeni, |
| 35. | lokwemuka umuntu ilungelo lakhe phambi koPhezukonke, |
| 36. | lokona umuntu endabeni yakhe, iNkosi kayiyikukuvuma lokho. |
| 37. | Ngubani ongalawula, kwenzeke, nxa iNkosi ikwalile? |
| 38. | Kakuphumi okuhle lokubi emlonyeni woPhezukonke yini? |
| 39. | Usolelani umuntu ophilayo, umuntu ngesijeziso sezono zakhe? |
| 40. | Asilinge sihlole indlela zethu, sibuyele e Nkosi ni. |
| 41. | Asiphakamisele inhliziyo zethu lezandla zethu kuNkulunkulu emazulwini. |
| 42. | Sithi: Siphambukile, sakuhlamuka, wena kawuthethelelanga. |
| 43. | Wena uthukuthele, waxotshana lathi, wasibulala ungelasihawu. |
| 44. | Wacatsha emayezini, ukuze imikhuleko yethu ingakufinyeleli. |
| 45. | Usenze saba yimfucuza lezibi phakathi kwabantu. |
| 46. | Zonke izitha zethu ziyasiklolodela. |
| 47. | Phambi kwethu kukhona umjibila lomgodi, ukuchitheka lokufa. |
| 48. | Amehlo ami agobhoza inyembezi ngenxa yokubhujiswa kwabantu bami. |
| 49. | Inyembezi zami zizagobhoza zingapheli, ngingaduduzeki, |
| 50. | ize ikhangele i Nkosi ibone isemazulwini; |
| 51. | amehlo ami asebuhlungu ngokukhalela izintombi zomuzi wakithi. |
| 52. | Abayizitha zami ngeze bangizingele njengenyoni; |
| 53. | bangiphosela emgodini ngisizwa, bangigxoba ngamatshe; |
| 54. | ngatshona emanzini ngathi: Ngafa. |
| 55. | Ngakhuleka ebizweni lakho, Nkosi, ngiphakathi komgodi; |
| 56. | wezwa umkhuleko wami wokuthi: Ungangivaleli indlebe zakho nxa ngicela ukusizwa. |
| 57. | Wasondela kimi lapho ngikhuleka kuwe, wathi: Ungesabi. |
| 58. | Nkosi, ulumele udaba lwami, wahlenga impilo yami. |
| 59. | Nkosi, ukubonile ukoniwa kwami; akuthethe udaba lwami. |
| 60. | Ubonile impindiselo yabo, lawo wonke amacebo abo ngami. |
| 61. | Uzwile ukungiklolodela kwabo, Nkosi, lawo wonke amacebo abo ngami. |
| 62. | Ukukhuluma lemicabango yezitha zami kumelana lami usuku lonke. |
| 63. | Ake ubone ukuthi lapho behlala loba besukuma bayangiklolodela kakhulu. |
| 64. | Uzabaphindisela, Nkosi, ngokufanele izenzo zabo. |
| 65. | Uzabanika inhliziyo ezilukhuni, lesiqalekiso sakho sibe phezu kwabo. |
| 66. | Uxotshane labo ekuthukutheleni kwakho, ubabhubhise, bangabe besaba khona ngaphansi kwamazulu akho, Nkosi. |
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