¹teererai nenzeve, Mufudzi waIsiraeri, Iyemi munotungamirira Josefa seboka rezvipfuwo; imwi mugere pakati pamakerubhi, penyai!

¹To the Overseer. — `On the Lilies.` A testimony of Asaph. — A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs — shine forth,

²Mutsai simba renyu pamberi paEfuremu naBhenjamini naManase, Muuye kuzotirwira.

²Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation.

³Tidzosereizve, Mwari; Penyesai chiso chenyu, isu tiponeswe.

³O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

⁴Jehovha, Mwari wehondo, Muchatsamwira munyengetero wavanhu venyu kusvikira rinhiko?

⁴Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.

⁵Makavadyisa zvokudya zvemisodzi, Nokuvamwisa misodzi yakawanda kwazvo.

⁵Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.

⁶Makatiita chinhu chinoitirwa nharo navatigere navo; Vavengi vedu vanotiseka pakati pavo.

⁶Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it.

⁷Tidzosereizve, Mwari wehondo; Penyesai chiso chenyu, isu tiponeswe.

⁷God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.

⁸Makandotora muzambiringa paEgipita; Makadzinga vahedheni, mukausima.

⁸A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.

⁹Makaugadzirira, Ukabata kwazvo, ukazadza nyika.

⁹Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,

¹⁰Makomo akafukidzwa nomumvuri wawo, Nemisidhari yaMwari namatavi awo.

¹⁰Covered have been hills [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.

¹¹Wakatandisa matavi awo kusvikira pagungwa, Namashizha awo kusvikira kuRwizi.

¹¹It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.

¹²Makaputsireiko mhanda dzawo, Kuti vose vanopfuura nenzira vautanhe?

¹²Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?

¹³Nguruve yomudondo inouparadza, Mhuka dzesango dzinoudya.

¹³A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it.

¹⁴Dodzokai henyu, Mwari wehondo, Tarirai muri kudenga, muone, muve nehanya nomuzambiringa uyu.

¹⁴God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine,

¹⁵Muchengete chakasimwa noruoko rwenyu rworudyi, Nomwanakomana, wamakazvirerera.

¹⁵And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee,

¹⁶Wapiswa nomoto, watemwa; vanopera nokutuka kwechiso chenyu.

¹⁶Burnt with fire — cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.

¹⁷Ruoko rwenyu ngaruve pamusoro pomunhu woruoko rwenyu rworudyi, Pamusoro poMwanakomana womunhu, wamakazvirerera.

¹⁷Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.

¹⁸Ipapo hatingazobvi kwamuri; Tiraramisei isu, tigodana zita renyu.

¹⁸And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call.

¹⁹Tidzosereizve, Jehovha Mwari wehondo; Penyesai chiso chenyu, isu tiponeswe.

¹⁹O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!