¹Inzwai kuchema kwangu, Mwari, Teererai munyengetero wangu.

¹To the Overseer, on stringed instruments. — By David. Hear, O God, my loud cry, attend to my prayer.

²Ndichadana kwamuri ndiri pamugumo wapasi, kana moyo wangu waziya; Ndiperekedzerei kudombo randisingasvikiri.

²From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me.

³nekuti imwi makanga muri utiziro hwangu, Neshongwe yangu yakasimba kwandingatiza muvengi wangu.

³For Thou hast been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy.

⁴Ndichagara patende renyu nokusingaperi; Ndichavanda munyasi mamapapiro enyu.

⁴I sojourn in Thy tent to the ages, I trust in the secret place of Thy wings. Selah.

⁵Nekuti imwi Mwari makanzwa mhiko dzangu; Makadzosa nhaka yavanotya zita renyu.

⁵For Thou, O God, hast hearkened to my vows, Thou hast appointed the inheritance Of those fearing Thy name.

⁶Muchawedzera mazuva ohupenyu hwamambo; Makore ake achaenzana naamarudzi mazhinji.

⁶Days to the days of the king Thou addest, His years as generation and generation.

⁷Achagara pamberi paMwari nokusingaperi; Mumugadzirire unyoro nechokwadi, kuti zvimuchengete.

⁷He dwelleth to the age before God, Kindness and truth appoint — they keep him.

⁸Naizvozvo ndichaimbira zita renyu nziyo dzokurumbidza nokusingaperi, Kuti ndiite mhiko dzangu zuva rimwe nerimwe.

⁸So do I praise Thy name for ever, When I pay my vows day by day!