5 Ngifikelwa luvalo lokuthuthumela, ngehlelwe yikwesaba okukhulu,
5 Ukwesaba lokuthuthumela sekungihlasele; isithuli sesingigabhela.
Wasesithi uDavida encekwini zakhe zonke ezazilaye eJerusalema: Asibalekeni masinyane, ngoba uba singenzi njalo, kakuyikuphepha lamunye wethu kuAbisalomu. Phangisani, hlezi asifice asehlisele okubi, awuchithe umuzi ngomkhonto.
Lapho ngikhumbula nje, ngitshaywa luvalo, lomzimba wami uthuthumele.
Imitshoko kaSomandla ingihlabile; umoya wami uyanatha ubuhlungu bayo; okwesabisayo kukaNkulunkulu kuyangehlela.
Umzimba wami uyathuthumela ulovalo ngawe, ngiyesaba izahlulelo zakho.
Ekuhluphekeni kwami ngakhuleka eNkosini, ngakhala kuNkulunkulu wami; walizwa ilizwi lami esethempelini lakhe, ukukhala kwami kwafinyelela endlebeni zakhe.
Umphefumulo wami udanile phakathi kwami; ngakhoke ngiyakukhumbula wena lapha elizweni laseJordani lelaseHermoni lasentabeni iMizari.
Ngiyakhuleka kuwe ngisemikhawulweni yomhlaba, lapho inhliziyo yami ibuthakathaka. Ngiholela edwaleni eliphakemeyo kulami,
Ngilahlekelwe yingqondo, ngatshaywa luvalo; ukuhwalala ebengikufisa ukuba kufike kungilethele ukuthuthumela.
Bonke bazagqoka izambatho zokulila, behlelwe yikwesaba, babanjwe zinhloni, baphuce amakhanda.
Esosizini olunzima wakhuleka kakhulu, izithukuthuku zakhe zaba njengamathonsi egazi, athontela emhlabathini.