¹Haiwa Mwari, vahedheni vakapinda panhaka yenyu; Vakasvibisa temberi yenyu tsvene; Jerusaremu vakariita dongo.

¹A Psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have come into Thy inheritance, They have defiled Thy holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps,

²Zvitunha zvavaranda venyu vakazvipa shiri dzokudenga zvive zvokudya zvadzo. Uye nyama yavatsvene venyu vakaipa zvikara zvapasi.

²They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth.

³Vakateura ropa ravo pose-pose paJerusaremu semvura; Vakashaiwa anovaviga.

³They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying.

⁴Tava chinhu chinoshorwa navatigere navo, Chinhu chinozvidzwa nechinosekwa navakatipoteredza.

⁴We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.

⁵Haiwa Jehovha, mucharamba makatsamwa nokusingaperi kusvikira rinhiko? Godo renyu richapfuta somoto here?

⁵Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.

⁶Dururai hasha dzenyu pamusoro pavahedheni vasingakuziviyi, Napamusoro poushe huzhinji, husingadi zita renyu.

⁶Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name.

⁷nekuti vakapedza Jakove, Vakaparadza ugaro hwake.

⁷For [one] hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.

⁸Musarangarira kutirova pamusoro pezvakaipa zvamadzibaba edu; tsitsi dzenyu nyoro ngadzikurumidze kusangana nesu, nekuti taneta kwazvo.

⁸Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.

⁹Tibatsirei, Mwari muponesi wedu, nokuda komukurumbira wezita renyu;

⁹Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name`s sake.

¹⁰Vahedheni vacharevereiko, vachiti, Mwari wavo aripiko? Kutsihwa kweropa ravaranda venyu, rakateurwa, Ngakuzikamwe pakati pavahedheni pamberi pedu.

¹⁰Why do the nations say, `Where [is] their God?` Let be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants that is shed.

¹¹Kugomera komusungwa ngakusvike kwamuri; Noukuru bwesimba renyu chengetai vana vorufu;

¹¹Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death.

¹²Mutsivire vagere nesu kanomwe pachipfuva chavo. Kushora kwavakakushorai nako, imwi Ishe.

¹²And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord.

¹³Naizvozvo isu vanhu venyu, nemakwai amafuro enyu, Tichakuvongai nokusingaperi; Ticharatidza kurumbidzwa kwenyu kumarudzi namarudzi.

¹³And we, Thy people, and the flock of Thy pasture, We give thanks to Thee to the age, To all generations we recount Thy praise!