¹Ndinoda Jehovha, nekuti anonzwa inzwi rangu nokukumbira kwangu.

¹I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication,

²Zvaakarereka nzeve yake kwandiri, Ndichadana kwaari mazuva angu ose.

²Because He hath inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call.

³Misungo yorufu yakandikomba, Kurwadziwa kweSheori kwakandibata; Ndakawana kutambudzika nokuchema.

³Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.

⁴Ipapo ndakadana zita raJehovha; Haiwa Jehovha, ndinonyengetera kuti murwire mweya wangu.

⁴And in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my soul,

⁵Jehovha anenyasha, akarurama; Zvirokwazvo, Mwari wedu ane tsitsi.

⁵Gracious [is] Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God [is] merciful,

⁶Jehovha anochengeta vasina mano; Ndakanga ndashaiwa simba, iye akandiponesa.

⁶A preserver of the simple [is] Jehovah, I was low, and to me He giveth salvation.

⁷Dzokera kuzororo rako, mweya wangu; nekuti Jehovha akakuitira zvakanaka.

⁷Turn back, O my soul, to thy rest, For Jehovah hath conferred benefits on thee.

⁸nekuti makarwira mweya wangu parufu; Nameso angu pamisodzi, Nerutsoka rwangu pakugumburwa.

⁸For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing.

⁹Ndichafamba pamberi paJehovha Panyika yavapenyu.

⁹I walk habitually before Jehovah In the lands of the living.

¹⁰Ndakatenda pakutaura kwangu, ndichiti, Ndakamanikidzwa kwazvo,

¹⁰I have believed, for I speak, I — I have been afflicted greatly.

¹¹Ndakati pakuvhunduka kwangu, Vanhu vose vanoreva nhema.

¹¹I said in my haste, `Every man [is] a liar.`

¹²Ndichavigireiko Jehovha Pamusoro pemikomborero yake yose kwandiri?

¹²What do I return to Jehovah? All His benefits [are] upon me.

¹³Ndichasimudza mukombe wokuponeswa, Ndichidana zita raJehovha.

¹³The cup of salvation I lift up, And in the name of Jehovah I call.

¹⁴Ndicharipira Jehovha mhiko dzangu, Ndichazviita pamberi pavanhu vake vose.

¹⁴My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people.

¹⁵Chinhu chinokosha pamberi paJehovha, Ndirwo rufu rwavatsvene vake.

¹⁵Precious in the eyes of Jehovah [is] the death for His saints.

¹⁶Haiwa Jehovha, zvirokwazvo ndiri muranda wenyu; Ndiri muranda wenyu, mwanakomana womurandakadzi wenyu; Makasunungura misungo yangu.

¹⁶Cause [it] to come, O Jehovah, for I [am] Thy servant. I [am] Thy servant, son of Thy handmaid, Thou hast opened my bonds.

¹⁷Ndichakubayirai zvibayiro zvokuvonga, Ndichidana zita raJehovha.

¹⁷To Thee I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanks, And in the name of Jehovah I call.

¹⁸Ndicharipira Jehovha mhiko dzangu, Ndichazviita pamberi pavanhu vake vose;

¹⁸My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people,

¹⁹Pavazhe dzeimba yaJehovha, Mukati mako, iwe Jerusaremu. Hareruya!

¹⁹In the courts of the house of Jehovah, In thy midst, O Jerusalem, praise ye Jah!