¹Hareruya. nekuti zvakanaka kuti Mwari wedu aimbirwe nziyo dzokurumbidza; Zvinofadza, uye kurumbidza kwakafanira.

¹Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, [and] praise is comely.

²Jehovha anovaka Jerusaremu; Anounganidza vakadzingwa vaIsiraeri.

²Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

³Anoporesa vane moyo yakaputsika, Anosunga mavanga avo.

³He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

⁴Anotara kuwanda kwenyeredzi; Anodzipa dzose mazita adzo.

⁴He counteth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by [their] names.

⁵Ishe wedu mukuru, anesimba guru; Njere dzake hadziperi.

⁵Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.

⁶Jehovha anobatsira vanyoro;

⁶Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

⁷Imbirai Jehovha muchimuvonga, Imbirai Mwari wedu nziyo dzokurumbidza nembira;

⁷Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises upon the harp unto our God,

⁸Iye anofukidza denga namakore, Anogadzirira pasi mvura, Anomeresa uswa pamakomo.

⁸Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

⁹Anopa zvipfuwo zvokudya zvazvo, Navana vamakunguvo, anochema.

⁹He giveth to the beast his food, [And] to the young ravens which cry.

¹⁰Haafadzwi nesimba rebhiza; Haafariri makumbo omurume.

¹⁰He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.

¹¹Jehovha anofara navanomutya, Navanotarira tsitsi dzake.

¹¹Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.

¹²Rumbidza Jehovha, iwe Jerusaremu; Rumbidza Mwari wako, iwe Ziyoni.

¹²Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion.

¹³nekuti wakasimbisa mazariro amasuwo ako; Akaropafadza vana vako mukati mako.

¹³For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.

¹⁴Anoisa rugare panyika yako; Anokugutisa nezviyo zvakaisvonaka.

¹⁴He maketh peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵Anotuma mirairo yake panyika; Shoko rake rinomhanya kwazvo.

¹⁵He sendeth out his commandment upon earth; His word runneth very swiftly.

¹⁶Anopa vanhu chando samakushe amakwai, anoparadzira chando samadota.

¹⁶He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.

¹⁷Anokanda chimvuramabwe chake sezvimedu; Ndianiko angamira pachando chake?

¹⁷He casteth forth his ice like morsels: Who can stand before his cold?

¹⁸Anotuma shoko rake, ndokuzvinyausa; Anovhuvhutisa mhepo yake mvura ndokuyerera.

¹⁸He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

¹⁹Anozivisa Jakove shoko rake, Nalsiraeri mitemo yake nezvaakatonga.

¹⁹He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.

²⁰Haana kutongoitira rumwe rudzi saizvozvo; Kana zviri zvaakatonga, havana kuzviziva. Hareruya!

²⁰He hath not dealt so with any nation; And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah.