¹Ndirwirei Jehovha pamunhu wakaipa, Ndichengetei pamunhu anehasha;

¹To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.

²Ivo, vanofunga zvakaipa mumoyo yavo; Vanogara vachimutsa kurwa.

²Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble [for] wars.

³Vakarodza rurimi rwavo senyoka; Uturu bwechiva huri pasi pemiromo yavo.

³They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah.

⁴Ndichengetei, Jehovha, pamaoko owakaipa; Ndichengetei pamunhu anomanikidza; Vanofunga mano okugumburisa tsoka dzangu.

⁴Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.

⁵Vanozvikudza vakandivanzira musungo namabote; Vakadzika mumbure parutivi rwenzira, Vakanditeyera rugombe.

⁵The proud hid a snare for me — and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

⁶Ndakati kuna Jehovha, Mwari wangu; Teererai, Jehovha, munzwe inzwi rokukumbira kwangu.

⁶I have said to Jehovah, `My God [art] Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.`

⁷Mwari Ishe, ndimi simba rokuponeswa kwangu, Makafukidza musoro wangu pazuva rokurwa.

⁷O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.

⁸Jehovha, regai kupa wakaipa zvaanotsvaka; Musapfuudza zano rake rakaipa; kuti varege kuzvikudza.

⁸Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.

⁹Kana uri musoro wavanondikomba, Zvakashata zvemiromo yavo imene ngazvivafukidze.

⁹The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

¹⁰Mazimbe omoto, anopfuta, ngaawire pamusoro pavo; Ngavakandirwe mumoto; Nomumakomba akadzika, kuti varege kumukazve.

¹⁰They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits — they arise not.

¹¹Munhu, anamakuhwa, haangasimbiswi pasi; Zvakaipa zvichavhima munhu anomanikidza kuti zvimuparadze.

¹¹A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence — evil hunteth to overflowing.

¹²Ndinoziva kuti Jehovha achagadzira mhosva yavanotambudzika, Nokururamisira vashaiwi.

¹²I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

¹³Zvirokwazvo, vakarurama vachavonga zita renyu; Vanemoyo yakarurama vachagara pamberi penyu.

¹³Only — the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!