12 "I, even I, am He who comforts you Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies And of the son of man who is made like grass, 13 That you have forgotten the LORD your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth, That you fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, As he makes ready to destroy?
12Mina, mina uqobo nginguye oliduduzayo; ungubani wena ozakwesaba umuntu ozakufa, lendodana yomuntu ezakwenziwa ibe njengotshani? 13Ubusukhohlwa i Nkosi, umenzi wakho, eyeneka amazulu, yabeka izisekelo zomhlaba, uqhubeka usesaba insuku zonke ngenxa yokuvutha kwentukuthelo yomcindezeli, kungathi uzimisele ukuchitha?