1Pakutambudzika kwangu ndakadana kuna Jehovha, Iye akandipindura.
1A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.
2Rwirai mweya wangu, Jehovha, pamiromo inoreva nhema, Naparurimi runonyengedzera.
2O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!
3Iwe uchapiweiko, chinyi chichawedzerwa kwauri, Iwe rurimi runonyengedzera?
3What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!
4Miseve inopinza yeanesimba, Namazimbe anopfuta omurara.
4Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.
5Ndine ropa rakaipa zvandiri mutorwa paMesheki, Zvandigere pamatende eKedhari!
5Wo to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.
6Mweya wangu wakagara nguva refu Neanovenga rugare.
6Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.
7Ini ndinoda rugare; Asi kana ndichitaura, ivo vanotsvaka kurwa.
7I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!