¹Nezuva iro rwiyo urwu ruchaimbwa panyika yavaJudha: Tine guta rakasimba; iye achaisapo masvingo nenhare ruve ruponeso.

¹In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: `We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark.

²Zarurai masuwo, kuti rudzi rwakarurama, runochengeta chokwadi, rupinde.

²Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness.

³Anae moyo wakasimba muchamuchengeta murugare rukuru, nekuti anovimba nemi.

³An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace — peace! For in Thee it is confident.

⁴Vimbai naJehovha nokusingaperi, iye Jehovha ndiye dombo nokusingaperi.

⁴Trust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah [is] a rock of ages,

⁵nekuti akaderedza vagere pakakwirira, iro guta riri kumusoro, anorideredza, anorideredza kusvikira pavhu; anoriputsira pasi muguruva.

⁵For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He maketh low, He maketh it low unto the earth, He causeth it to come unto the dust,

⁶Richatsikwa netsoka, idzo tsoka dzavarombo, nokutsika kwavanoshaiwa.

⁶Tread it down doth a foot, Feet of the poor — steps of the weak.

⁷Nzira yavakarurama yakarurama; imwi munoruramisa nzira yavakarurama.

⁷The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.

⁸Zvirokwazvo, takakumirirai Jehovha, panzira yokutonga kwenyu; mweya yedu inoshuva zita renyu nechirangaridzo chenyu.

⁸Also, [in] the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited [for] Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance [Is] the desire of the soul.

⁹Ndakakushuvai nomweya wangu usiku; zvirokwazvo, ndichakutsvakai zvikuru nomweya wangu uri mukati mangu; nekuti kana kutonga kwenyu kuri panyika, vanhu vagere munyika vanodzidza zvakarurama.

⁹[With] my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, [with] my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments [are] on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.

¹⁰Akaipa kunyange achinzwirwa tsitsi, haangadzidzi zvakarurama; achaita hake zvisakarurama panyika yakarurama, haangaoni umambo hwaJehovha.

¹⁰The wicked findeth favour, He hath not learned righteousness, In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely, And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah.

¹¹Jehovha, ruoko rwenyu rwakasimudzwa, asi ivo havaoni; asi vachaona kushingaira kwenyu pamusoro pavanhu, vakanyadziswa; zvirokwazvo moto uchapedza vavengi venyu.

¹¹O Jehovah, high [is] Thy hand — they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire — Thine adversaries, consumeth them.

¹²Jehovha, imwi muchatigadzirira rugare; nekuti makatibatirawo mabasa edu ose.

¹²O Jehovah, Thou appointest peace to us, For, all our works also Thou hast wrought for us.

¹³Jehovha Mwari wedu, mamwe madzishe kunze kwenyu akanga akatibata; asi ticharumbidza zita renyu tichibatsirwa nemwi moga.

¹³O Jehovah our God, lords have ruled us besides Thee, Only, by Thee we make mention of Thy name.

¹⁴Vakafa havangararamizve, vaparara, havazomukizve; saka makasvika kwavari, mukavaparadza, nokugumisa kurangarirwa kwavo kose.

¹⁴Dead — they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.

¹⁵Mawanza rudzi, Jehovha, mawanza rudzi; makurumbira, makurisa miganho yose yenyika.

¹⁵Thou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast added to the nation, Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth.

¹⁶Jehovha, vakakutsvakai panguva yokutambudzika; vakadurura munyengetero muchivaranga.

¹⁶O Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement [is] on them.

¹⁷Mukadzi ane pamuviri, asvika pedo pakusununguka, sezvaanorwadziwa achichema pakurwadziwa kwake, ndizvo zvatakanga takaita pamberi penyu, Jehovha.

¹⁷When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained — she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah.

¹⁸Isu takanga tava nepamuviri, takanga tiri pakurwadziwa, takabereka zvinenge mhepo chete; hatina kuvigira nyika sununguro, uye vangagara panyika havana kuzvarwa.

¹⁸We have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth as it were wind, Salvation we do not work in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.

¹⁹Vakafa venyu vachararama, zvitunha zvavo zvichamuka. Mukai, muimbe, imwi mugere muguruva; nekuti dova renyu rakaita sedova rechiedza; nyika ichabudisa vakafa.

¹⁹`Thy dead live — My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs [is] thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.

²⁰Fambai vanhu vangu mupinde muimba yenyu yomukati, mupfige mikova yenyu shure kwenyu; muvande nguva duku, kusvikira kutsamwa kwapfuura.

²⁰Come, My people, enter into thy inner chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, Hide thyself shortly a moment till the indignation pass over.

²¹nekuti tarira Jehovha anobuda panzvimbo yake kurova vagere panyika nokuda kwezvivi zvavo; nyikawo ichafukura ropa rayo, ikasazofukidzazve vakaurawa vayo.

²¹For, lo, Jehovah is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain!`