¹Ndinosimudzira meso angu kwamuri, Iyemi, munogara kudenga.

¹A Song of Ascents. Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.

²Tarirai, meso avaranda sezvaanotarira ruoko rwatenzi wavo, Uye meso omurandakadzi sezvaanotarira ruoko rwatenzikadzi wake; Saizvozvo meso edu anotarira kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu, Kusvikira atinzwira nyasha.

²Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid unto the hand of her mistress; So our eyes [look] unto Jehovah our God, Until he have mercy upon us.

³Tinzwirei nyasha, Jehovha, tinzwirei nyasha; nekuti tapera kwazvo nokuzvidzwa.

³Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

⁴Mweya wedu wapera chose Nokushora kwavanogara havo zvakanaka, Uye noruzvidzo rwavanozvikudza.

⁴Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.