¹{A Song of degrees.} Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

¹Ndinosimudzira meso angu kwamuri, Iyemi, munogara kudenga.

²Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes [are directed] to Jehovah our God, until he be gracious unto us.

²Tarirai, meso avaranda sezvaanotarira ruoko rwatenzi wavo, Uye meso omurandakadzi sezvaanotarira ruoko rwatenzikadzi wake; Saizvozvo meso edu anotarira kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu, Kusvikira atinzwira nyasha.

³Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

³Tinzwirei nyasha, Jehovha, tinzwirei nyasha; nekuti tapera kwazvo nokuzvidzwa.

⁴Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

⁴Mweya wedu wapera chose Nokushora kwavanogara havo zvakanaka, Uye noruzvidzo rwavanozvikudza.