¹Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

¹Munomirireiko kure, Jehovha? Munozvivanzireiko panguva dzokutambudzika?

²The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

²Pakuzvikudza kwake akaipa anotambudza murombo zvikuru; Ngavabatwe namano avakafunga.

³For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

³nekuti wakaipa anozvirumbidza pamusoro pezvinoda moyo wake, Anoruchiva unotuka nokuzvidza Jehovha.

⁴The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

⁴Nokuzvikudza kwechiso chake, wakaipa anoti haangabvunzi. Mwari haamo mundangariro dzake dzose.

⁵His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

⁵Nzira dzake dzakasimba nguva dzose; Zvamunotonga imwi zviri kure kumusoro, haazvioni; Kana vari vadzivisi vake vose, anovashora.

⁶He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

⁶Anoti mumoyo make, Handingazununguswi; Handingavi panhamo kusvikira kumarudzi angu ose.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

⁷Muromo wake uzere nokutuka nokunyengera nokumanikidza; Zvakashata nezvakaipa zviri pasi porurimi rwake.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

⁸Anogara panzvimbo dzokuvanda dzemisha; Pakavanda ndipo paanouraya asina mhosva; Meso ake anovandira asina wokumubatsira.

⁹He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

⁹Anovandira pakavanda seshumba panzvimbo yayo; Anovanda kuti abate murombo; Anobata murombo, kana achimukakatira mumumbure wake.

¹⁰He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

¹⁰Anonyangira, anokambaira pasi, varombo vanowiswa nevanesimba vake.

¹¹He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

¹¹Anoti mumoyo make, Mwari akangamwa; Anovanza chiso chake, haangatongozvioni.

¹²Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

¹²Simukai Jehovha; Mwari simudzai ruoko rwenyu; Regai kukangamwa varombo.

¹³Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

¹³Akaipa anozvidzireiko Mwari, Achiti mumoyo wake, Hangabvunzi?

¹⁴Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁴Mazviona henyu; nekuti munoona zvakaipa nokutambudzika muchizviisa muruoko rwenyu; asinamubatsiri anozviisa kwamuri; Makava mubatsiri wenherera.

¹⁵Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

¹⁵Vhunai ruoko rwowakaipa. Kana ari munhu akashata, nzverai zvakaipa zvake, kusvikira musingazozviwani.

¹⁶The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

¹⁶Jehovha ndiye Mambo . nokusingaperi-peri; Vahedheni vakaparadzwa munyika yake.

¹⁷LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

¹⁷Jehovha, makanzwa zvinodikamwa navanyoro; Muchasimbisa moyo yavo, mucharerekera nzeve yenyu;

¹⁸To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

¹⁸Kuti mutongere nherera neanotambudzwa, Kuti munhu wapanyika arege kuramba achivhundusa.