¹Ndinzwirei tsitsi, Mwari nokuda kounyoro bwenyu; Dzimai kudarika kwangu nokuda kwetsitsi dzenyu zhinji.

¹For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

²Ndisukei zvakaipa zvangu chose, Ndinatsei chivi changu.

²Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.

³nekuti ndinoziva kudarika kwangu; Chivi changu chinogara chiri pamberi pangu.

³For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.

⁴Ndakatadza kwamuri, kwamuri moga, Ndakaita chinhu chakaipa pamberi penyu; Kuti munzi makarurama pakutaura kwenyu, Muve usina mhosva pakutonga kwenyu.

⁴Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.

⁵Tarirai, ndakaberekerwa muzvakaipa; Mai vangu vakandigamuchira muzvivi.

⁵Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.

⁶Tarirai, munoda chokwadi pamoyo; Munoda kundidzidzisa uchenjeri mukati makavanda.

⁶Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

⁷Ndinatsei nehisopi, ndive akanaka, Ndishambidzei, ndichene kupfuura mazayi echando.

⁷Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

⁸Ndinzwisei mufaro ndive nomoyo muchena; Kuti mafupa amakavhuna afare.

⁸Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

⁹Vanzirai zvivi zvangu chiso chenyu, Dzimai zvakaipa zvangu zvose.

⁹Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities.

¹⁰Sikai mukati mangu moyo wakachena, Mwari; Vandudzai mukati mangu mweya wakarurama.

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.

¹¹Regai kundirasha pamberi penyu; Musabvisa mweya wenyu mutsvene kwandiri.

¹¹Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me.

¹²Dzoseraizve kwandiri mufaro wokuponesa kwenyu; Nditsigirei nomweya, unoda.

¹²Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit.

¹³Ipapo ndichadzidzisa vadariki nzira dzenyu; Uye vatadzi vachatendeukira kwamuri.

¹³Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; And sinners shall be converted unto thee.

¹⁴Ndirwirei pamhosva yeropa, Mwari, imwi Mwari muponesi wangu; Ipapo rurimi rwangu ruchaimbira kururama kwenyu kwazvo.

¹⁴Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; [And] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

¹⁵Ishe, zarurai miromo yangu; Ipapo muromo wangu uchaparidza kurumbidzwa kwenyu.

¹⁵O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

¹⁶nekuti imwi hamufariri zvibayiro; ndingadai ndaikupai izvo; Hamufadzwi nechipiriso chinopiswa.

¹⁶For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.

¹⁷Zvibayiro zvaMwari mweya wakaputsika; moyo wakaputsika nowakapwanyika, imwi Mwari hamungaushori.

¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

¹⁸Itirai Ziyoni zvakanaka nokuda kwenyu; Vakai masvingo eJerusaremu.

¹⁸Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

¹⁹Ipapo muchafarira zvibayiro zvakarurama, nechipiriso chinopiswa nechipiriso chinopiswa chose; Ipapo vachabayira nzombe paaritari yenyu.

¹⁹Then will thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and in whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.