¹Hareruya. nekuti zvakanaka kuti Mwari wedu aimbirwe nziyo dzokurumbidza; Zvinofadza, uye kurumbidza kwakafanira.

¹Praise ye Jah! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant — comely [is] praise.

²Jehovha anovaka Jerusaremu; Anounganidza vakadzingwa vaIsiraeri.

²Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.

³Anoporesa vane moyo yakaputsika, Anosunga mavanga avo.

³Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

⁴Anotara kuwanda kwenyeredzi; Anodzipa dzose mazita adzo.

⁴Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.

⁵Ishe wedu mukuru, anesimba guru; Njere dzake hadziperi.

⁵Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.

⁶Jehovha anobatsira vanyoro;

⁶Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.

⁷Imbirai Jehovha muchimuvonga, Imbirai Mwari wedu nziyo dzokurumbidza nembira;

⁷Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye to our God with a harp.

⁸Iye anofukidza denga namakore, Anogadzirira pasi mvura, Anomeresa uswa pamakomo.

⁸Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains,

⁹Anopa zvipfuwo zvokudya zvazvo, Navana vamakunguvo, anochema.

⁹Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call.

¹⁰Haafadzwi nesimba rebhiza; Haafariri makumbo omurume.

¹⁰Not in the might of the horse doth He delight, Not in the legs of a man is He pleased.

¹¹Jehovha anofara navanomutya, Navanotarira tsitsi dzake.

¹¹Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.

¹²Rumbidza Jehovha, iwe Jerusaremu; Rumbidza Mwari wako, iwe Ziyoni.

¹²Glorify, O Jerusalem, Jehovah, Praise thy God, O Zion.

¹³nekuti wakasimbisa mazariro amasuwo ako; Akaropafadza vana vako mukati mako.

¹³For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst.

¹⁴Anoisa rugare panyika yako; Anokugutisa nezviyo zvakaisvonaka.

¹⁴Who is making thy border peace, [With] the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee.

¹⁵Anotuma mirairo yake panyika; Shoko rake rinomhanya kwazvo.

¹⁵Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, Very speedily doth His word run.

¹⁶Anopa vanhu chando samakushe amakwai, anoparadzira chando samadota.

¹⁶Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.

¹⁷Anokanda chimvuramabwe chake sezvimedu; Ndianiko angamira pachando chake?

¹⁷Casting forth His ice like morsels, Before His cold who doth stand?

¹⁸Anotuma shoko rake, ndokuzvinyausa; Anovhuvhutisa mhepo yake mvura ndokuyerera.

¹⁸He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow — the waters flow.

¹⁹Anozivisa Jakove shoko rake, Nalsiraeri mitemo yake nezvaakatonga.

¹⁹Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.

²⁰Haana kutongoitira rumwe rudzi saizvozvo; Kana zviri zvaakatonga, havana kuzviziva. Hareruya!

²⁰He hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah!