¹Jehovha, Mwari muponesi wangu, Ndakachema masikati nousiku pamberi penyu;

¹A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, `Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.` — An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,

²Munyengetero wangu ngaupinde pamberi penyu; Rerekerai nzeve yenyu munzwe kuchema kwangu;

²My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,

³nekuti mweya wangu uzere namatambudziko, Upenyu hwangu hwoswedera kuSheori.

³For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

⁴Ndinoverengwa pamwechete navanoburukira kugomba; Ndakafanana nomunhu anoshaiwa mubatsiri;

⁴I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength.

⁵Ndakarashirwa pakati pavakafa, Savakaurawa vavete muguva, Vamusati mucharangarira; Vakagurwa paruoko rwenyu.

⁵Among the dead — free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.

⁶Makandiisa mugomba rakadzika-dzika, Panzvimbo dzine rima, makadzika kwazvo.

⁶Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

⁷Hasha dzenyu dzinorema kwazvo pamusoro pangu, Makanditambudza namafungu enyu ose.

⁷Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.

⁸Makaisa vazikani vangu kure neni; Makandiita chinhu chinonyangadza kwavari; Ndakapfigirwa, handigoni kubuda.

⁸Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up — I go not forth.

⁹Ziso rangu ropera nemhaka yokutambudzika; Ndakadana kwamuri, Jehovha, zuva rimwe nerimwe, Ndakatambanudzira maoko angu kwamuri.

⁹Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.

¹⁰Mungaitira vakafa zvinoshamisa here? Ko vakaparara vangamuka vakakurumbidzai here?

¹⁰To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.

¹¹Hunyoro bwenyu hungaparidzwa muguva here? Kana kutendeka kwenyu mukuparadza here?

¹¹Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?

¹²Zvishamiso zvenyu zvingazikamwa murima here? Nokururama kwenyu panyika yokukangamwa here?

¹²Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³Asi ndakachema kwamuri, Jehovha, Munyengetero wangu uchasvika pamberi penyu mangwanani.

¹³And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.

¹⁴Jehovha, munorashireiko mweya wangu? Munovanzireiko chiso chenyu kwandiri?

¹⁴Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.

¹⁵Kubva pauduku hwangu ndakanga ndichitambudzwa ndichirwiso-fa; Kana ndichityiswa nemwi ndinoshaiwa mano.

¹⁵I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors — I pine away.

¹⁶Kutsamwa kwenyu kukuru kwakapfuura napamusoro pangu; Kutyisa kwenyu kwakandiparadza.

¹⁶Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,

¹⁷Zvakandikomberedza zuva rose semvura; Zvakandipoteredza pamwechete.

¹⁷They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,

¹⁸Iye, anondida, neshamwari yangu, makavaisa kure neni, Nomuzikani wangu ari murima.

¹⁸Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!