¹Ndinzwirei tsitsi, Mwari; nekuti vanhu vanotsvaka kundimedza; Zuva rose vanorwa neni vachindimanikidza.

¹For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

²Vavengi vangu vanoda kundimedza zuva rose, nekuti vanorwa neni vachizvikudza vazhinji.

²Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

³Panguva yandinotya, Ndichavimba nemi.

³What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

⁴MunaMwari ndicharumbidza shoko rake; Ndakavimba naMwari, handingatyi; Nyama ingandiiteiko?

⁴In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

⁵Zuva rose vanoshandura mashoko angu; Mifungo yavo yose inondifungira zvakaipa.

⁵All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁶Vanoungana, vanovanda, Vanocherekedza makwara angu, Kana vachivandira mweya wangu.

⁶They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

⁷Vachapukunyuka nenzira yezvakaipa here? Paradzai vanhu nokutsamwa kwenyu, Mwari.

⁷Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

⁸imwi munoverenga madzungairiro angu; Isai misodzi yangu mumidziyo yenyu; Haizi murugwaro rwenyu here?

⁸Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

⁹ipapo vavengi vangu vachadzokera shure nomusi wandinodana; Ndinoziva chinhu ichi, kuti Mwari ari kurutivi rwangu.

⁹Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

¹⁰MunaMwari ndicharumbidza shoko rake; MunaJehovha ndicharumbidza shoko rake.

¹⁰In God (I will praise [his] word), In Jehovah (I will praise [his] word),

¹¹Ndakavimba naMwari, handingatyi; Vanhu vangandiiteiko?

¹¹In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?

¹²Ndinosungwa nezvandakakupikirai Mwari; Ndichakuvigirai zvipiriso zvokuvonga nazvo.

¹²Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

¹³Nekuti makarwira mweya wangu parufu; hongu makumbo angu pakugumburwa. Kuti ndifambe pamberi paMwari Muchiedza choupenyu.

¹³For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?