1. “Umuntu ozelwe ngowesifazaneimihla yakhe mifushane,igcwele ukuyaluza.
2. Uyavela njengembali, abune;ubaleka njengethunzi, angemi.
3. Konje uvulela onjalo amehlo akho,ungingenise ekwahluleweni nawe, na?
4. Ngubani ongaveza okuhlambulukileyo kukhookungcolileyo na?Kakho noyedwa.
5. Uma imihla yakhe inqunyiwe,umumo wezinsuku zakhe ukuwe,ubekile umkhawulo wakhe,aze angadluli,
6. ungambheki, aphumule,ukuze athokoze ngosuku lwakhe njengomqashwa.
7. “Ngokuba kukhona ithemba emthini:uma unqunywa, ungabuye uhlume,nehlumela lawo aliyikuphela.
8. Noma impande yawo iguga emhlabathini,nesiphunzi sawo sifela othulini,
9. ngephunga lamanzi uyakuhluma,uveze izingatsha njengesithombo.
10. Kepha umuntu ofileyo uphelile;umuntu ogqabukileyo uphi na?
11. Njengamanzi anyamalele elwandle,nomfula oshileyo ome,