1Pakutambudzika kwangu ndakadana kuna Jehovha, Iye akandipindura.
1In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
2Rwirai mweya wangu, Jehovha, pamiromo inoreva nhema, Naparurimi runonyengedzera.
2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
3Iwe uchapiweiko, chinyi chichawedzerwa kwauri, Iwe rurimi runonyengedzera?
3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
4Miseve inopinza yeanesimba, Namazimbe anopfuta omurara.
4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
5Ndine ropa rakaipa zvandiri mutorwa paMesheki, Zvandigere pamatende eKedhari!
5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
6Mweya wangu wakagara nguva refu Neanovenga rugare.
6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7Ini ndinoda rugare; Asi kana ndichitaura, ivo vanotsvaka kurwa.
7I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.