1Jehovha, ndakadana kwamuri; kurumidzai kuuya kwandiri; Teererai inzwi rangu kana ndichidana kwamuri.
1A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear [to] my voice when I call to Thee.
2Munyengetero wangu ngauve pamberi penyu sezvinonhuhwira; Nokusimudzwa kwamaoko angu sechipiriso chamadekwana.
2My prayer is prepared — incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands — the evening present.
3Jehovha, isai murindi pamberi pomuromo wangu; Chengetai mukova wemiromo yangu.
3Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.
4Regai kurerekesa moyo wangu kuchinhu chakaipa, Kuti ndiite zvakaipa Pamwechete navanhu vanoita zvisina kururama.
4Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.
5Akarurama ngaandirove netsitsi; andituke; ave mafuta pamusoro wangu, musoro wangu haungaarambi; nekuti ndicharamba ndichinyengetera pamusoro pokuipa kwavo.
5The righteous doth beat me [in] kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer [is] about their vexations.
6Vatongi vavo vakawisirwa kumawere edombo; Vachanzwa kuti mashoko angu akanaka.
6Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
7Sezvakaita pasi kana parimwa nokuparurwa, Saizvozvo mafupa edu akaparadzirwa pamuromo weSheori.
7As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul.
8nekuti meso angu anotarira kwamuri, Jehovha Ishe; Ndinovimba nemi; regai kudurura upenyu hwangu.
8But to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, [are] mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul.
9Ndichengetei pamusungo wavakanditeyera, Naparugombe rwavanoita zvisina kururama.
9Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.
10Vakaipa ngavabatwe nemimbure yavo vamene, Asi ini ndidarike hangu.
10The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!