¹Munomirireiko kure, Jehovha? Munozvivanzireiko panguva dzokutambudzika?

¹Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

²Pakuzvikudza kwake akaipa anotambudza murombo zvikuru; Ngavabatwe namano avakafunga.

²In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

³nekuti wakaipa anozvirumbidza pamusoro pezvinoda moyo wake, Anoruchiva unotuka nokuzvidza Jehovha.

³For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.

⁴Nokuzvikudza kwechiso chake, wakaipa anoti haangabvunzi. Mwari haamo mundangariro dzake dzose.

⁴The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

⁵Nzira dzake dzakasimba nguva dzose; Zvamunotonga imwi zviri kure kumusoro, haazvioni; Kana vari vadzivisi vake vose, anovashora.

⁵His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

⁶Anoti mumoyo make, Handingazununguswi; Handingavi panhamo kusvikira kumarudzi angu ose.

⁶He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

⁷Muromo wake uzere nokutuka nokunyengera nokumanikidza; Zvakashata nezvakaipa zviri pasi porurimi rwake.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

⁸Anogara panzvimbo dzokuvanda dzemisha; Pakavanda ndipo paanouraya asina mhosva; Meso ake anovandira asina wokumubatsira.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

⁹Anovandira pakavanda seshumba panzvimbo yayo; Anovanda kuti abate murombo; Anobata murombo, kana achimukakatira mumumbure wake.

⁹He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

¹⁰Anonyangira, anokambaira pasi, varombo vanowiswa nevanesimba vake.

¹⁰He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

¹¹Anoti mumoyo make, Mwari akangamwa; Anovanza chiso chake, haangatongozvioni.

¹¹He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.

¹²Simukai Jehovha; Mwari simudzai ruoko rwenyu; Regai kukangamwa varombo.

¹²Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.

¹³Akaipa anozvidzireiko Mwari, Achiti mumoyo wake, Hangabvunzi?

¹³Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]?

¹⁴Mazviona henyu; nekuti munoona zvakaipa nokutambudzika muchizviisa muruoko rwenyu; asinamubatsiri anozviisa kwamuri; Makava mubatsiri wenherera.

¹⁴Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁵Vhunai ruoko rwowakaipa. Kana ari munhu akashata, nzverai zvakaipa zvake, kusvikira musingazozviwani.

¹⁵Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

¹⁶Jehovha ndiye Mambo . nokusingaperi-peri; Vahedheni vakaparadzwa munyika yake.

¹⁶Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.

¹⁷Jehovha, makanzwa zvinodikamwa navanyoro; Muchasimbisa moyo yavo, mucharerekera nzeve yenyu;

¹⁷Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;

¹⁸Kuti mutongere nherera neanotambudzwa, Kuti munhu wapanyika arege kuramba achivhundusa.

¹⁸To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.