¹Ndichengetei, Mwari, nekuti ndinovimba nemi.

¹A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.

²Ndakati kuna Jehovha, Ndimi Ishe wangu; Kunze kwenyu handine chinhu chakanaka.

²Thou hast said to Jehovah, `My Lord Thou [art];` My good [is] not for thine own sake;

³Kana vari vatsvene, vari panyika, Ndivo vakaisvonaka vandinofarira zvikuru.

³For the holy ones who [are] in the land, And the honourable, all my delight [is] in them.

⁴Kuchema kuchawanzwa kwavanovigira mumwe mwari zvipo; Zvipiriso zvavo zvinodururwa zveropa handingazvidururi, Namazita avo handingaarevi nemiromo yangu.

⁴Multiplied are their griefs, [Who] have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.

⁵Jehovha ndiye mugove wenhaka yangu nowomukombe wangu; Munochengeta mugove wangu.

⁵Jehovah [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou — Thou dost uphold my lot.

⁶Rwonzi rwokuyera rwakandiyerera nzvimbo dzakanaka; Zvirokwazvo, nhaka yangu yakaisvonaka.

⁶Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance [is] for me.

⁷Ndicharumbidza Jehovha akandipa mano, Zvirokwazvo, itsvo dzangu dzinondidzidzisa panguva dzousiku.

⁷I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also [in] the nights my reins instruct me.

⁸Ndakaisa Jehovha pamberi pangu nguva dzose; Zvaari kurudyi rwangu, handingazununguswi.

⁸I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because — at my right hand I am not moved.

⁹Naizvozvo moyo wangu unofara, kukudzwa kwangu kunofarisisa; Nyama yanguvo ichagara yakachengetwa.

⁹Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:

¹⁰Nekuti hamungasii mweya wangu muSheori; Hamungatenderi mutsvene wenyu kuti aone kuora.

¹⁰For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

¹¹Mundiratidza nzira youpenyu; Mufaro wakazara uri pamberi pangu; Paruoko rwenyu rworudyi panezvinofadza nokusingaperi.

¹¹Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys [is] with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!