¹ Ungazikhathazi ngababi, ungabi namhawu ngabenza okungalungile. ² Ngokuba bayakusikwa masinyane njengotshani , babune njengemithana eluhlaza. ³ Themba kuJehova , wenze okulungileyo ; hlala ezwen i, uzondle ngokukholeka; ⁴ zithokozise ngoJehova, yikhona ezakukunika okufiswa yinhliziyo yakho. ⁵ Nikela indlela yakho esandleni sikaJehova, umethembe; yena uzakukwenza. ⁶ Uzakuhlalukisa ukulunga kwakho njengokukhanya , nokufanele wena njengemini. ⁷ Thula ph ambi kukaJehova , ulindele yena ; ungakhathazeki ngonenhlanhla endleleni yakhe, ngomuntu osongoza amacebo amabi. ⁸ Pheza ukuthukuthela; yeka ulaka, ungakhathazeki; kubanga ukona nje. ⁹ Ngokuba ababi bazakuchithwa , kepha abalindela uJehova bazakudla ifa lomhlaba. ¹⁰ Kuse ngumzuzwana , omubi angabe esabakho ; kuyakuthi lapho uhlola indawo yakhe, uyakube engasekho. ¹¹ Kepha abathobekileyo bazakulidla ifa lomhlaba , bathokoze ngokuthula okukhulu. ¹² Omubi uyamsongela olungileyo ngokubi, amgedlele amazinyo. ¹³ INkosi iyakumhleka, ngokuba iyabona ukuthi usuku lwakhe luyeza. ¹⁴ Ababi bahosha inkemba , bansale umnsalo wab o ukuba bamwise phansi ohluphekileyo nompofu, babulale abandlela ilungile. ¹⁵ Inkemba yabo izakungena kweyabo inhliziyo, iminsalo yabo yaphulwe. ¹⁶ Okuncane anakho olungileyo kungcono kunemfuyo yababi abaningi. ¹⁷ Ngokuba izingalo zababi ziyakwaphulwa , kepha uJehova uyabaphasa abalungileyo. ¹⁸ UJehova uyazazi izinsuku zabaqotho ; ifa labo liyakuma kuze kube phakade. ¹⁹ Abayikujabha esikhathini esibi; bayakusutha ezinsukwini zendlala. ²⁰ Ngokuba ababi bayakubhubha; izitha zikaJehova zinjengobuhle bamadlelo: ziyakunyamalala, zinyamalale njengentuthu. ²¹ Omubi uyatsheleka, angabuyiseli; kepha olungileyo unesihawu, aphane. ²² Ngokuba ababusisiweyo bakhe bazakulidla if a lomhlaba , kepha abaqalekiswa nguye bazakuchithwa. ²³ Izinyathelo zomuntu ziqiniswa nguJehova; uyayithanda indlela yakhe. ²⁴ Noma ekhubeka , akayikuwa phansi , ngokuba uJehova uphasa isandla sakhe. ²⁵ Kade ngimusha, manje sengimdala; angizange ngibone olungileyo eshiyiwe nenzalo yakhe iphanza ukudla. ²⁶ Usuku lonke uyahawukela, atsheleke, nenzalo yakhe iyisibusiso. ²⁷ Deda kokubi, wenze okuhle, uyakuhlala kuze kube phakade. ²⁸ Ngokuba uJehova uthanda ukulunga , akabashiyi abangcwele bakhe ; bayalondolozwa kuze kube phakade, kepha inzalo yababi iyachithwa. ²⁹ Abalungileyo bazakudla ifa lomhlaba, bahlale kuwo njalonjalo. ³⁰ Umlomo wolungileyo ushumayela ukuhlakanipha; ulimi lwakhe lukhuluma ukulunga. ³¹ Umthetho kaNkulunkulu wakhe usenhliziyweni yakhe ; izinyathelo za khe azisheleli. ³² Omubi uqaphela olungileyo, ufuna ukumbulala. ³³ UJehova akayikumnikela esandleni sakhe ; akayikumlahla lapho ahlulelwa khona. ³⁴ Lindela uJehova , ulonde indlela yakhe ; uzakukuphakamisa, udle ifa lomhlaba, ubukele lapho ababi bechithwa khona. ³⁵ Ngambona omubi oyisidlova ezenabisile njengomuthi oluhlaza ogxilileyo; ³⁶ kwathi lapho umuntu edlula , bheka, wayengasekho; ngamfuna, kepha akabe esafunyanwa. ³⁷ Mbhekisise ongasolekiyo , umbone oqotho ; ngokuba umuntu wokuthula , ukugcina kwakhe kuhle. ³⁸ Kepha abaphambukayo bayakubhujiswa bonke ; isikhathi sababi siyakunqunywa. ³⁹ Ukusindiswa kwabalungileyo kuvela kuJehova ; uyinqaba yabo esikhathini sokuhlupheka. ⁴⁰ UJehova uyabasiza, abakhulule; ubakhulula kwababi, abasindise, ngokuba bayamethemba.