Amahubo 121

1 Ingoma yemiqanso. Ngiphakamisela amehlo ami ezintabeni usizo lwami luvela ngaphi na?

A Song of Degrees. I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come.

2 Usizo lwami luvela kuThixo, uMenzi wezulu lomhlaba.

My help [shall come] from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.

3 Kayikuyekela unyawo lwakho lutshelela yena okulindayo kayikuwozela;

Let not your foot be moved; and let not your keeper slumber.

4 ngempela yena olinda u-Israyeli akayikuwozela, akayikulala.

Behold, he that keeps Israel shall not slumber nor sleep.

5 UThixo uyakulinda uThixo ungumthunzi wakho esandleni sakho sokunene;

The Lord shall keep you: the Lord is your shelter upon your right hand.

6 ilanga kaliyikukutshisa emini noma loba inyanga ebusuku.

The sun shall not burn you by day, neither the moon by night.

7 UThixo uzakuvikela kuzozonke izingozi uzalinda impilo yakho;

May the Lord preserve you from all evil: the Lord shall keep your soul.

8 uThixo uzalondoloza ukufika kwakho lokusuka kwakho manje kuze kube phakade.

The Lord shall keep your coming in, and your going out, from henceforth and even for ever.