¹Uyo agere panzvimbo yokuvanda yeWekumusoro-soro Acharambira pamumvuri wowaMasimbaose.

¹He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,

²Ndichati pamusoro paJehovha, Ndiye utiziro hwangu nenhare yangu, Iye Mwari wangu, wandinovimba naye.

²He is saying of Jehovah, `My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,`

³nekuti iye achakurwira parugombe rwomuteyi weshiri, Napahosha inouraya zvikuru.

³For He delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence.

⁴Iye achakufukidza nemhinenga yake, Uchatizira pasi pamapapiro ake; chokwadi chake inhovo huru neduku.

⁴With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler [is] His truth.

⁵Haungatyi chinhu chinovhundusa usiku, Kana museve unofurwa masikati;

⁵Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flieth by day,

⁶Kana hosha inofamba murima, Kana kuparadza kunouraya masikati.

⁶Of pestilence in thick darkness that walketh, Of destruction that destroyeth at noon,

⁷Kurutivi rwako kuchawa vane gumi ramazana, Nezana ramazana paruoko rwako rworudyi; Asi hazvingaswederi kwauri.

⁷There fall at thy side a thousand, And a myriad at thy right hand, Unto thee it cometh not nigh.

⁸uchangozvitarira hako nameso ako Ukaona mubayiro wavakaipa.

⁸But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest,

⁹Nekuti imwi Jehovha, muri utiziro hwangu! Iwe wakaita Wekumusoro-soro ugaro hwako.

⁹(For Thou, O Jehovah, [art] my refuge,) The Most High thou madest thy habitation.

¹⁰Hapana chakaipa chingakuwira, Uye hapana hosha ichaswedera patende rako.

¹⁰Evil happeneth not unto thee, And a plague cometh not near thy tent,

¹¹Nekuti iye acharaira vatumwa vake pamusoro pako, Kuti vakuchengete panzira dzako dzose.

¹¹For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways,

¹²Vachakusimudza pamaoko avo, Kuti urege kugumbusa rutsoka rwako pabwe.

¹²On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot.

¹³Uchatsika pamusoro peshumba nechiva; Mwana weshumba nenyoka uchazvitsikirira pasi.

¹³On lion and asp thou treadest, Thou trampest young lion and dragon.

¹⁴Zvaakandida, ndichamurwira; Ndichamuisa pakakwirira, nekuti wakaziva zita rangu.

¹⁴Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him — I set him on high, Because he hath known My name.

¹⁵Iye achadana kwandiri, ndichamupindura; Ini ndichava naye pakutambudzika; Ndichamurwira, nokumukudza.

¹⁵He doth call Me, and I answer him, I [am] with him in distress, I deliver him, and honour him.

¹⁶Ndichamugutsa noupenyu hurefu, Nokumuratidza ruponeso rwangu.

¹⁶With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!