1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
1Vakanditambudza kazhinji kubva pauduku hwangu, Isiraeri ngaadaro zvino;
2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
2Vakanditambudza kazhinji kubva pauduku hwangu; Kunyange zvakadaro havana kundikunda.
3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
3Varimi vakarima pamusana wangu; Vakaita mihoronga yavo mirefu.
4The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
4Jehovha akarurama; Akaguranya mabote avakaipa.
5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
5Ngavanyadziswe, vadzoserwe shure, Ivo vose vanovenga Ziyoni.
6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
6Ngavave souswa pamatenga eimba, Hunooma husati hwakura;
7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
7Mucheki haazadzi ruoko rwake nahwo, Uye anosunga zvisote, fungatwa rake.
8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
8Navanopfuura havangati, Jehovha ngaakuropafadzei; Tinokuropafadzai nezita raJehovha.