¹O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

¹Jehovha, Mwari muponesi wangu, Ndakachema masikati nousiku pamberi penyu;

²Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

²Munyengetero wangu ngaupinde pamberi penyu; Rerekerai nzeve yenyu munzwe kuchema kwangu;

³For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

³nekuti mweya wangu uzere namatambudziko, Upenyu hwangu hwoswedera kuSheori.

⁴I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

⁴Ndinoverengwa pamwechete navanoburukira kugomba; Ndakafanana nomunhu anoshaiwa mubatsiri;

⁵Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

⁵Ndakarashirwa pakati pavakafa, Savakaurawa vavete muguva, Vamusati mucharangarira; Vakagurwa paruoko rwenyu.

⁶Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

⁶Makandiisa mugomba rakadzika-dzika, Panzvimbo dzine rima, makadzika kwazvo.

⁷Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

⁷Hasha dzenyu dzinorema kwazvo pamusoro pangu, Makanditambudza namafungu enyu ose.

⁸Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

⁸Makaisa vazikani vangu kure neni; Makandiita chinhu chinonyangadza kwavari; Ndakapfigirwa, handigoni kubuda.

⁹Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

⁹Ziso rangu ropera nemhaka yokutambudzika; Ndakadana kwamuri, Jehovha, zuva rimwe nerimwe, Ndakatambanudzira maoko angu kwamuri.

¹⁰Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

¹⁰Mungaitira vakafa zvinoshamisa here? Ko vakaparara vangamuka vakakurumbidzai here?

¹¹Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

¹¹Hunyoro bwenyu hungaparidzwa muguva here? Kana kutendeka kwenyu mukuparadza here?

¹²Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹²Zvishamiso zvenyu zvingazikamwa murima here? Nokururama kwenyu panyika yokukangamwa here?

¹³But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

¹³Asi ndakachema kwamuri, Jehovha, Munyengetero wangu uchasvika pamberi penyu mangwanani.

¹⁴LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

¹⁴Jehovha, munorashireiko mweya wangu? Munovanzireiko chiso chenyu kwandiri?

¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

¹⁵Kubva pauduku hwangu ndakanga ndichitambudzwa ndichirwiso-fa; Kana ndichityiswa nemwi ndinoshaiwa mano.

¹⁶Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

¹⁶Kutsamwa kwenyu kukuru kwakapfuura napamusoro pangu; Kutyisa kwenyu kwakandiparadza.

¹⁷They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

¹⁷Zvakandikomberedza zuva rose semvura; Zvakandipoteredza pamwechete.

¹⁸Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

¹⁸Iye, anondida, neshamwari yangu, makavaisa kure neni, Nomuzikani wangu ari murima.