1. UBileyamu esebonile ukuthi kwakukuhle kuJehova ukubusisa u-Israyeli, akayanga njengakuqala ukulindela imilingo, kepha wabhekisa ubuso bakhe ngasehlane.
2. UBileyamu waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona u-Israyeli ehlezi ngokwezizwe zakhe; uMoya kaJehova wehlela phezu kwakhe.
3. Wayesethatha isisho sakhe, wathi:“UBileyamu indodana kaBeyori uthi,umuntu omehlo akhe avuliwe uthi,
4. ozwileyo amazwi kaNkulunkulu,obonile umbono kaSomandla uthi,ewela phansi, kuvulwe amehlo akhe:
5. “Mahle kangaka amatende akho,Jakobe,namatabernakele* akho, Israyeli.
6. Elulekile njengezigodi,njengamasimu ngasemfuleni,njengemihlaba ayitshalile uJehova,njengemisedari* ngaseceleni kwamanzi.
7. Amanzi ayakugobhoza,aphume ezimbizeni zakhe,imbewu yakhe ibe semanzini amaningi,inkosi yakhe ibe nkulu kuno-Agagi,umbuso wakhe uphakame.
8. “UNkulunkulu wamkhipha eGibithe;unjengezimpondo zenyathi kubo;uyakuqeda izizwe, izitha zakhe,aphule amathambo azo,azigwaze ngemicibisholo yakhe.