¹. Ndinzwirei tsitsi, Mwari, ndinzwirei tsitsi; nekuti mweya wangu unotizira kwamuri; Zvirokwazvo, ndichatizira kumumvuri wamapapiro enyu, Kusvikira njodzi dzapfuura.

¹To the Overseer. — `Destroy not.` — A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.

²Ndichadanidzira kuna Mwari Wekumusoro-soro; Kuna Mwari anondiitira zvose.

²I call to God Most High, To God [who] is perfecting for me.

³Achatuma mubatsiri ari kudenga, andiponese, Kana iye, anovavarira kundimedza, achindishora; Mwari achatuma tsitsi dzake nechokwadi chake.

³He sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached — who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth.

⁴Mweya wangu uri pakati peshumba; Ndinovata pasi pakati pavanopfuta somoto, Ivo vanakomana vavanhu, vana meno anenge mapfumo nemiseve, Uye rurimi rwavo munondo unopinza.

⁴My soul [is] in the midst of lions, I lie down [among] flames — sons of men, Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

⁵Imwi mukudzwe Mwari, pamusoro pokudenga-denga; Kurumbidzwa kwenyu ngakuve kumusoro kwapasi pose.

⁵Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, Above all the earth Thine honour.

⁶Vakateyira tsoka dzangu mumbure; Mweya wangu wakakotamiswa; Vakachera hunza pamberi pangu; Vawira mukati mayo vamene.

⁶A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

⁷moyo wangu wakasimba, Mwari, moyo wangu wakasimba; Ndichaimba, zvirokwazvo, ndichaimba nziyo dzokurumbidza.

⁷Prepared is my heart, O God, Prepared is my heart, I sing and praise.

⁸Muka iwe moyo wangu, muka iwe mutengeramwa nembira; Ini ndimene ndichamuka mangwanani.

⁸Awake, mine honour, awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the morning dawn.

⁹Ndichakuvongai, Ishe, pakati pendudzi dzavanhu; Ndichakuimbirai nziyo dzokurumbidza pakati pavahedheni.

⁹I thank Thee among the peoples, O Lord, I praise Thee among the nations.

¹⁰Nekuti tsitsi dzenyu ihuru kusvikira kudenga-denga, chokwadi chenyu inosvikira kudenga rose.

¹⁰For great unto the heavens [is] Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.

¹¹imwi mukudzwe Mwari, kumusoro kokudenga-denga; Kurumbidzwa kwenyu ngakuve kumusoro kwapasi pose.

¹¹Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God. Above all the earth Thine honour!