¹I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

¹Ndakati, Ndichachenjerera nzira dzangu, Kuti ndirege kutadza norurimi rwangu; Ndichachengeta muromo wangu netomu, Kana wakaipa ari pamberi pangu.

²I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

²Ndakanga ndiri mbeveve ndisingatauri, Ndakanyarara hangu, ndiri kure nezvakanaka. Kuchema kwangu kukamutswa.

³My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

³moyo wangu wakange uchipisa mukati mangu; Ndakati ndichifunga, moto ukapfuta; Ipapo ndakataura norurimi rwangu, ndikati,

⁴LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

⁴Jehovha, ndizivisei mugumo wangu, Uye mwero wamazuva angu, kuti akadini; Ndizivisei kuti ndinongopfuura hangu.

⁵Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

⁵Tarirai, makaita mazuva angu sohupamhi bwechanza; Uye nguva yokurarama kwangu sechinhu chisipo pamberi penyu; Zvirokwazvo, munhu mumwe nomumwe kunyange akasimba kwazvo, mweya chete.

⁶Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

⁶Zvirokwazvo, munhu mumwe nomumwe anofamba-famba somumvuri; Zvirokwazvo, vanoita bope pasina; Anounganidza fuma, asi haazivi kuti ndiani achaidya.

⁷And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

⁷Zvino Ishe, ndakarindireiko? Tariro yangu iri kwamuri.

⁸Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

⁸Ndirwirei pakudarika kwangu kose; Regai kundiita munhu anosekwa namapenzi.

⁹I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

⁹Ndakanga ndiri mbeveve, handina kushamisa muromo wangu; nekuti ndimi makazviita.

¹⁰Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

¹⁰Bvisai shamhu yenyu kwandiri; Ndapera nokurohwa noruoko rwenyu.

¹¹When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

¹¹Kana muchiraira munhu muchimuranga pamusoro pezvakaipa, Munopedza kunaka kwake sechifusi; Zvirokwazvo munhu mumwe nomumwe mweya hake.

¹²Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

¹²Inzwai munyengetero wangu, Jehovha, rerekerai nzeve yenyu munzwe kuchema kwangu; Musanyarara muchiona misodzi yangu, nekuti ndiri mweni kwamuri, Mutorwa, sezvakanga zvakaita madzibaba angu ose.

¹³O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

¹³Regai kunditarira, kuti ndimbonaya hangu, Ndisati ndabva pano, ndikasazovapo.