¹{[A Psalm] of David.} Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;

¹Ngaarumbidzwe Jehovha, dombo rangu, Anodzidzisa maoko angu kurwa, Nemimwe yangu kufura;

²My mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me!

²Unyoro hwangu, nenhare yangu, Shongwe yangu yakakwirira, nomurwiri wangu; nhovo yangu, uye iye wandinovimba naye; Anoisa vanhu vangu pasi pangu.

³Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him?

³Jehovha, munhu chinyiko, zvamune hanya naye? Kana Mwanakomana womunhu, zvamunomurangarira?

⁴Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

⁴Munhu akafanana nomweya; Mazuva ake anenge mumvuri unopfuura.

⁵Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;

⁵Kotamisa kudenga-denga kwenyu Jehovha, muburuke; Gunzvai makomo, apfungaire hutsi.

⁶Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them:

⁶Penyesai mheni, muvaparadze; Furai miseve yenyu, muvavhunduse.

⁷Stretch out thy hands from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of aliens,

⁷Tambanudzai ruoko rwenyu muri kumusoro; Ndisunungurei, mundirwire pamvura zhinji, Naparuoko rwavatorwa;

⁸Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁸Avo vanotaura zvisina maturo nomuromo wavo, Uye ruoko rwavo rworudyi ndirwo ruoko rworudyi rwenhema.

⁹O God, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee:

⁹Mwari ndichakuimbirai rwiyo rutsva; Ndichakuimbirai nziyo dzokurumbidza nomutengeramwa une hungiso dzine gumi.

¹⁰Who givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful sword.

¹⁰Ndimi munopa madzimambo kuponeswa, Munorwira Dhavhidhi muranda wenyu pamunondo unokuvadza.

¹¹Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

¹¹Ndisunungurei, mundirwire paruoko rwavatorwa, Vanotaura zvisina maturo nomuromo wavo, Uye ruoko rwavo rworudyi ndirwo ruoko rworudyi rwenhema.

¹²That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:

¹²Vanakomana vedu vachava semiti yakakura kwazvo pautsva hwayo; Uye vanasikana vedu samabwe ekona akavezwa sezvinovezerwa imba yamambo;

¹³Our granaries full, affording all manner of store; our sheep bringing forth thousands, ten thousands in our pastures;

¹³Matura edu achazara nezviyo zvamarudzi ose; Namakwai edu achabereka zviuru negumi rezviuru kumafuro edu.

¹⁴Our kine laden [with young]; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.

¹⁴Nzombe dzedu dzichatakudzwa zvizhinji; Hatingaputsirwi madziro, kana kubuda kundorwa, Hakungavi nemhere inoridzwa panzira dzomumusha medu;

¹⁵Blessed the people that is in such a case! Blessed the people whose God is Jehovah!

¹⁵Vanomufaro vanhu avo, vanoitirwa saizvozvo; Vanomufaro vanhu avo, Mwari wavo ari Jehovha.