¹Ndinovimba naJehovha; Munoreva seiko kumweya wangu, muchiti, Tizira kugomo rako seshiri?

¹To the Overseer. — By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, `They moved [to] Thy mountain for the bird?

²Nokuti, tarira, vakaipa vanobwembura uta, Vanogadzira museve wavo parukungiso, Kuti vafure anomoyo wakarurama parima.

²For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

³Kana nheyo dzakaparadzwa, Akarurama angaiteiko?

³When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous — what hath he done?

⁴Jehovha uri mutemberi yake tsvene, Iye Jehovha, chigaro chake choushe chiri kudenga; Meso ake anotarira, mafungiro ameso ake anoidza vana vavanhu.

⁴`Jehovah [is] in his holy temple: Jehovah — in the heavens [is] His throne. His eyes see — His eyelids try the sons of men.

⁵Jehovha anoidza vakarurama; Asi mweya wake unovenga wakaipa neanomanikidza.

⁵Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

⁶Achanisira misungo pamusoro pavakaipa; Moto nesuriferi nemhepo inopisa, ndiwo uchava mukombe wavo wavakagoverwa.

⁶He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind [is] the portion of their cup.

⁷Nekuti Jehovha akarurama; anoda zvakarurama; Vakarurama vachaona chiso chake.

⁷For righteous [is] Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!`