¹As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

¹Senondo inotakwairira hova dzemvura, Saizvozvo mweya wangu unokutakwairirai imwi Mwari.

²My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

²Mweya wangu une nyota kuna Mwari, iye Mwari mupenyu, Ndichasvika rinhiko ndionekwe naMwari?

³My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

³Misodzi yangu zvakanga zviri zvokudya zvangu masikati nousiku, Pakutaura kwavo zuva rose kwandiri vachiti, Mwari wako aripiko?

⁴When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

⁴Ndinorangarira zvinhu izvi, ndichidurura mweya wangu mukati mangu, Zvokuti ndaienda navazhinji, ndichivatungamirira kuimba yaMwari Nenzwi rokufara nokurumbidza, tiri vazhinji vaitamba mutambo.

⁵Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

⁵Unoshuwireiko, mweya wangu? Unoshaiwa rugare neiko mukati mangu? Tarira kuna Mwari; nekuti ndichazomurumbidza hangu, Nokuda kokuponesa kwechiso chake.

⁶O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

⁶Haiwa Mwari, mweya wangu unosuwa mukati mangu; Naizvozvo ndinokurangarirai ndiri panyika yaJoridhani, Napamakomo eHerimoni, nechikomo cheMizari.

⁷Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

⁷Pakadzika panodana pakadzika pakutinhira kwamapopopo enyu; Mafungu enyu namapoporodzi enyu akapfuura napamusoro pangu.

⁸Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

⁸Asi Jehovha acharaira unyoro hwake panguva yamasikati, Usiku rwiyo rwake ruchava neni, Uye munyengetero kuna Mwari woupenyu hwangu.

⁹I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

⁹Ndichati kuna Mwari, dombo rangu, Makandikangamwireiko? Ndinofambireiko ndichichema nemhaka yokumanikidza komuvengi wangu?

¹⁰As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

¹⁰Zvakafanana neguyo pamafupa angu, kana vadzivisi vangu vachindizvidza; Kana vachiramba vachiti kwandiri, Mwari wako aripiko?

¹¹Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

¹¹Unoshuwireiko, mweya wangu? Unoshaiwa rugare neiko mukati mangu? Tarira kuna Mwari; nekuti ndichazomurumbidza hangu, Iye ruponeso nechiso changu, naMwari wangu.