¹Jehovha, Mwari mutsivi, imwi Mwari mutsivi, penyai.

¹God of vengeance — Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth.

²Zvisimudzei, imwi Mutongi wenyika; Ipai vanozvikudza sezvavakafanira.

²Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.

³Jehovha, vakaipa vachafara kwazvo kusvikira rinhiko, Vakaipa vachafara kwazvo kusvikira rinhi?

³Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?

⁴Vanongotaura havo, vanotaura vachizvikudza, Vaiti vose vezvakaipa vanoita manyawi.

⁴They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.

⁵Vanopwanya vanhu venyu, Jehovha, Vachitambudza nhaka yenyu.

⁵Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.

⁶Vanouraya chirikadzi nomweni, Nenherera vanodziuraya.

⁶Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

⁷Vachiti, Jehovha haazvioni, Mwari waJakove haazvirangariri.

⁷And they say, `Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.`

⁸Rangarirai imwi vasina njere pakati pavanhu; nemwi mapenzi, muchava vakachenjera rinhiko?

⁸Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

⁹Iye, akasima nzeve, haanganzwi here? Iye, akaumba ziso, haangaoni here?

⁹He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?

¹⁰Iye, anoranga vahedheni, haangarairi here? Iye, anodzidzisa vanhu zivo haazivi here?

¹⁰He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah.

¹¹Jehovha anoziva kufunga kwavanhu,) Kuti hazvina maturo.

¹¹He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.

¹²Akaropafadzwa munhu, anorangwa nemi, Jehovha, lye wamunodzidzisa pamurayiro wenyu;

¹²O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,

¹³Kuti mumuzorodzei pamazuva okutambudzika, Kusvikira vakaipa vachererwa gomba.

¹³To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

¹⁴nekuti Jehovha haangarashi vanhu vake, Uye haangasii nhaka yake.

¹⁴For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not.

¹⁵Nekuti kutonga kuchadzokera kukururama; Vose vane moyo yakarurama vachakutevera.

¹⁵For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart,

¹⁶Ndianiko achandirwira pavaiti vezvakaipa? Ndianiko achandibatsira panavanoita zvakaipa?

¹⁶Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?

¹⁷Dai Jehovha aisava mubatsiri wangu, Mweya wangu ungadai wakakurumidza kugara pakati mwii.

¹⁷Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

¹⁸Panguva yandakati, Rutsoka rwangu rwotedzemuka. Tsitsi dzenyu,Jehovha, dzakanditsigira.

¹⁸If I have said, `My foot hath slipped,` Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.

¹⁹Mundangariro dzangu zhinji mukati mangu Kunyaradza kwenyu kunofadza mweya wangu.

¹⁹In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

²⁰Chigaro chezvakaipa chingashamwaridzana nemwi here, Icho chinofunga kuita zvakashata nemitemo yacho?

²⁰Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

²¹Vanounganira upenyu hwowakarurama, Vachipa mhosva ropa risina mhosva.

²¹They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

²²Asi Jehovha ndiye nhare yangu yakasimba; Mwari wangu idombo routiziro hwangu.

²²And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock — my refuge,

²³Achadzosera pamusoro pavo kutadza kwavo, Achavaparadza pakati pokuita kwavo; Jehovha Mwari wedu achavaparadza.

²³And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!