1Batsirai, Jehovha, nekuti vanoda Mwari vopera; nekuti vakatendeka havachipo pakati pavana vavanhu.
1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2Vanotaura mumwe nomumwe zvisina maturo nowokwake; Vanotaura nomuromo unobata kumeso, uye nemoyo miviri.
2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3Jehovha achagura miromo yose inobata kumeso, Norurimi runotaura zvinhu zvikuru;
3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4Ivo vakati, Tichakunda norurimi rwedu; Miromo yedu ndeyedu; ndianiko angava ishe wedu?
4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5Nokuda kokumanikidzwa kwavarombo, nokugomera kwavanoshaiwa, Ndichamuka zvino nokuda kwaizvozvo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; Ndichamuisa pakasimba ipo paanoshuva.
5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
6Mashoko aJehovha mashoko akachena; Sesirivha yakaidzwa mubisiro panyika, Yakanatswa kanomwe.
6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7Muchavachengeta, Jehovha, Muchavachengeta parudzi urwu nokusingaperi.
7Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8Vakaipa vanofamba pamativi ose, Kana zvakashata zvichikudzwa pakati pavanakomana vavanhu.
8The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.