1Vakanditambudza kazhinji kubva pauduku hwangu, Isiraeri ngaadaro zvino;
1A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:
2Vakanditambudza kazhinji kubva pauduku hwangu; Kunyange zvakadaro havana kundikunda.
2Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.
3Varimi vakarima pamusana wangu; Vakaita mihoronga yavo mirefu.
3Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.
4Jehovha akarurama; Akaguranya mabote avakaipa.
4Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.
5Ngavanyadziswe, vadzoserwe shure, Ivo vose vanovenga Ziyoni.
5Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.
6Ngavave souswa pamatenga eimba, Hunooma husati hwakura;
6They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,
7Mucheki haazadzi ruoko rwake nahwo, Uye anosunga zvisote, fungatwa rake.
7That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.
8Navanopfuura havangati, Jehovha ngaakuropafadzei; Tinokuropafadzai nezita raJehovha.
8And the passers by have not said, `The blessing of Jehovah [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!`