1Pakutambudzika kwangu ndakadana kuna Jehovha, Iye akandipindura.
1A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.
2Rwirai mweya wangu, Jehovha, pamiromo inoreva nhema, Naparurimi runonyengedzera.
2Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, [And] from a deceitful tongue.
3Iwe uchapiweiko, chinyi chichawedzerwa kwauri, Iwe rurimi runonyengedzera?
3What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?
4Miseve inopinza yeanesimba, Namazimbe anopfuta omurara.
4Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
5Ndine ropa rakaipa zvandiri mutorwa paMesheki, Zvandigere pamatende eKedhari!
5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6Mweya wangu wakagara nguva refu Neanovenga rugare.
6My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.
7Ini ndinoda rugare; Asi kana ndichitaura, ivo vanotsvaka kurwa.
7I am [for] peace: But when I speak, they are for war.