¹Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

¹Inzwai munyengetero wangu, Jehovha; teererai kukumbira kwangu; Ndipindurei nokutendeka kwenyu nokururama kwenyu.

²And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

²Regai kutonga muranda wenyu; nekuti hapana munhu mumwe mupenyu angaruramiswa pamberi penyu.

³For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

³nekuti muvengi akatambudza mweya wangu; Akatsikirira upenyu hwangu pasi; Akandigarisa panzvimbo dzine rima, savanhu vakanguva vafa.

⁴Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

⁴Saka mweya wangu wavhunduswa mukati mangu. moyo wangu wavhunduswa mukati mangu.

⁵I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

⁵Ndinorangarira mazuva akare; Ndinofungisisa zvose zvamakaita; Ndinofunga basa ramaoko enyu.

⁶I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

⁶Ndinotambanudzira maoko angu kwamuri; Mweya wangu unokushuvai senyika yakaomerwa.

⁷Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

⁷Kurumidzai kupindura, Jehovha; mweya wangu waziya; Regai kundivanzira chiso chenyu; Ndigosava savanoburukira kugomba.

⁸Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

⁸Ndinzwisei unyoro bwenyu mangwanani; nekuti ndinovimba nemi; Ndizivisei nzira yandinofanira kufamba nayo; nekuti ndinosimudzira mweya wangu kwamuri.

⁹Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

⁹Ndirwirei Jehovha, panavavengi vangu; Ndinovanda nemwi.

¹⁰Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

¹⁰Ndidzidzisei kuita kuda kwenyu; nekuti ndimwi Mwari wangu; Mweya wenyu, wakanaka ngaundifambise munyika yakati chechetere,

¹¹Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

¹¹Ndiponesei Jehovha, nokuda kwezita renyu; Budisai mweya wangu pakumanikidzwa nokururama kwenyu.

¹²And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

¹²Pedzai vavengi vangu nounyoro bwenyu, Muparadze vose vanomanikidza mweya wangu; nekuti ndiri muranda wenyu.