1Inzwai inzwi rangu, Mwari, pakuchema kwangu; Chengetai upenyu hwangu ndirege kutyiswa nomuvengi.
1To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,
2Ndivanzei pakurangana kwakavanda kwavanoita zvakaipa; Pabope ravanobata zvakaipa;
2Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
3Ivo vakarodza rurimi rwavo somunondo, Vakashumba miseve yavo, iwo mashoko anovava;
3Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.
4Kuti vafure akarurama, vakavanda ivo; Kamwe-kamwe vanomufura, vasingatyi.
4To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
5Vanotsungirira pazano rakaipa; Vanorangana kuteya misungo pakavanda; Vanoti, Ndianiko angazviona?
5They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?`
6Vanofungisa zvakaipa; vanoti, Tagadzirira nezano roupimbirimano; kufunga komukati komunhu pamwe nomoyo zvakadzika.
6They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,` And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep.
7Asi Mwari achavapfura, Vachakuvadzwa kamwe-kamwe nomuseve.
7And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
8Naizvozvo vachagumbuswa, ndimi dzavo dzichivapupurira zvakaipa; Vose vanovaona vachadzungudza musoro.
8And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
9Vanhu vose vachatya; Vachaparidza basa raMwari, Vachicherekedza zvakanaka zvaanoita.
9And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.
10Vakarurama vachafara muna Jehovha, vachavimba naye; Vose vane moyo yakarurama vachafara kwazvo.
10The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!