¹Mwari, imwi muri Mwari wangu; ndichakutsvakai mangwanani; Mweya wangu unenyota kwamuri, nyama yangu inokushuvai, Panyika yakaoma, inonzwisa nyota, isina mvura.

¹O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

²Naizvozvo ndakatarira kwamuri panzvimbo tsvene, Kuti ndione simba renyu nokubwinya kwenyu.

²To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

³nekuti unyoro bwenyu hunokunda upenyu; Miromo yangu ichakurumbidzai.

³Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

⁴Naizvozvo ndichakuvongai ndichiri mupenyu; Ndichasimudza maoko angu nezita renyu.

⁴Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

⁵Mweya wangu uchaguta nezvinenge mongo namafuta; Muromo wangu uchakurumbidzai nemiromo inofara kwazvo;

⁵My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

⁶Kana ndichikurangarirai panhovo yangu, Ndichikufungai panguva dzousiku.

⁶When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

⁷nekuti makanga muri mubatsiri wangu, Pamumvuri wamapapiro enyu ndipo pandichafara kwazvo.

⁷Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

⁸Mweya wangu unokunamatirai nesimba rose; Ruoko rwenyu rworudyi runonditsigira.

⁸My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

⁹Asi avo, vanotsvaka kuparadza mweya wangu, Vachapinda munzvimbo dzapasi dzenyika.

⁹But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

¹⁰Vachakumikidzwa pasimba romunondo; Vachava mugove wamakava.

¹⁰They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

¹¹Asi mambo achafara munaMwari; Mumwe nomumwe anopika naye achafara kwazvo; nekuti muromo wavanoreva nhema uchadzivirwa.

¹¹But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.