1Inzwai inzwi rangu, Mwari, pakuchema kwangu; Chengetai upenyu hwangu ndirege kutyiswa nomuvengi.
1Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2Ndivanzei pakurangana kwakavanda kwavanoita zvakaipa; Pabope ravanobata zvakaipa;
2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
3Ivo vakarodza rurimi rwavo somunondo, Vakashumba miseve yavo, iwo mashoko anovava;
3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4Kuti vafure akarurama, vakavanda ivo; Kamwe-kamwe vanomufura, vasingatyi.
4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5Vanotsungirira pazano rakaipa; Vanorangana kuteya misungo pakavanda; Vanoti, Ndianiko angazviona?
5They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
6Vanofungisa zvakaipa; vanoti, Tagadzirira nezano roupimbirimano; kufunga komukati komunhu pamwe nomoyo zvakadzika.
6They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
7Asi Mwari achavapfura, Vachakuvadzwa kamwe-kamwe nomuseve.
7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
8Naizvozvo vachagumbuswa, ndimi dzavo dzichivapupurira zvakaipa; Vose vanovaona vachadzungudza musoro.
8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
9Vanhu vose vachatya; Vachaparidza basa raMwari, Vachicherekedza zvakanaka zvaanoita.
9And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
10Vakarurama vachafara muna Jehovha, vachavimba naye; Vose vane moyo yakarurama vachafara kwazvo.
10The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.