¹[Ny fahatsinontsinon'izao fiainana izao] Ho an'ny mpiventy hira. Ho an'i Jedotona Salamo nataon'i Davida. Hoy izaho: hitandrina ny lalako aho ka tsy hanota amin'ny lelako; hasiako fehim-bava ny vavako, raha mbola eo anatrehako ny ratsy fanahy.

¹To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. — A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked [is] before me.`

²Nangina mihitsy aho, namihim-bava ka tsy nilaza na dia ny tsara aza, dia nihetsika mafy ny fanaintainan'ny aretiko.[Na; na dia teo anatrehan'ny tsara fanahy aza]

²I was dumb [with] silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

³Nafana ny foko tato anatiko; raha nieritreritra aho, dia nisy afo nirehitra, ka niteny tamin'ny lelako aho.

³Hot [is] my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.

⁴Jehovah ô,ampahafantaro ny farako aho sy izay ohatry ny androko; aoka ho fantatro fa olon-kandalo aho.

⁴`Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days — what it [is],` I know how frail I [am].

⁵Indro efa nataonao vodivoam-pelatanana ny androko, ary ny fiainako toy ny tsinontsinona eo anatrehanao. Zava-poana ihany tokoa ny olon-drehetra, na dia matanjaka aza.[Na: Natao ho zava-poana ihany tokoa ny olona rehetra]

⁵Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age [is] as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity [is] every man set up. Selah.

⁶Aloka tokoa no fandehandehan'ny olona; zava-poana tokoa no itabatabàny; mihary harena izy nefa tsy fantany izay ho tompon'izany.

⁶Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, [in] vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

⁷Ary ankehitriny, inona no andrasako Tompo ô? Hianao no antenaiko.

⁷And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope — it [is] of Thee.

⁸Manafaha ahy amin'ny fahadisoako rehetra; aza manao ahy ho fanakoran'ny adala.

⁸From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.

⁹Mangina aho ka tsy miloa-bava fa ianao no nanao izao.

⁹I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou — Thou hast done [it].

¹⁰Aoka hitsahatra ny fikapohanao ahy; reraka aho azon'ny famelin'ny tananao.

¹⁰Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.

¹¹Anatra noho ny fahadisoany no ananaranao ny olona, ka manimba ny hatsaran-tarehiny tahaka ny kalalao ianao; zava-poana tokoa ny olona rehetra.

¹¹With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity [is] every man. Selah.

¹²Mandrenesa ny fivavako Jehovah ô,ary mihainoa ny fitarainako; aza mangina amin'ny ranomasoko fa vahiny aminao aho sy mpivahiny tahaka ny razako rehetra.Aza atrehinao aho aloha, dia ho miramirana indray, dieny aho tsy mbola lasa ka tsy ho eto intsony.

¹²Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And [to] my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I [am] with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.

¹³Aza atrehinao aho aloha, dia ho miramirana indray, dieny aho tsy mbola lasa ka tsy ho eto intsony.

¹³Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!