¹Jehovha Mwari wangu, ndinovimba nemi; Ndiponesei kuna vose vanonditeverera, mundirwire;

¹Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehova, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,

²Kuti arege kubvambura mweya wangu seshumba, aubvamburanye, ndichishaiwa anondirwira.

²Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

³Jehovha Mwari wangu, kana ndichinge ndakaita izvozvi; Kana zvakaipa zvirimo mumaoko angu;

³O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

⁴Kana ndichinge ndakaitira zvakaipa munhu aiva noukama neni; (Izvo, ndakanunura waiva mudzivisi wangu pasina mhosva;)

⁴If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)

⁵Muvengi ngaateverere mweya wangu, aubate; Ngaatsikire upenyu hwangu pasi, Aise kukudzwa kwangu muguruva.

⁵Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah

⁶Mukai mundirwire Jehovha pakutsamwa kwenyu; mukirai hasha dzavadzivisi vangu; Mumuke nokuda kwangu; ndimwi makaraira kuti zvakarurama zviitwe.

⁶Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.

⁷Ungano yendudzi dzavanhu ngaikupoteredzei; Mudzokere kumusoro pamusoro pavo.

⁷And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.

⁸Jehovha anotonga ndudzi dzavanhu; Nditongei Jehovha sokururama kwangu, uye nechokwadi zviri mandiri.

⁸Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.

⁹Haiwa, kuipa kwavakaipa ngakugume, asi simbisai akarurama; nekuti Mwari akarurama anoidza moyo netsvo.

⁹O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

¹⁰nhovo yangu iri kuna Mwari, Iye anoponesa vane moyo yakarurama.

¹⁰My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

¹¹Mwari unotonga vakarurama, Zvirokwazvo, ndiMwari unotsamwira wakaipa zuva rimwe nerimwe.

¹¹God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

¹²Kana munhu asingatendeuki, iye acharodza munondo wake; Akakunga uta hwake, akahugadzira.

¹²If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

¹³Akamugadzirirawo nhumbi dzokuuraya nadzo; Anoitira vadzingiriri miseve inopisa.

¹³He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts].

¹⁴Tarira, anotambudzika pakubereka zvakaipa; Zvirokwazvo, akava nemimba yezvakashata, akabereka nhema.

¹⁴Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

¹⁵Akachera hunza, akaidzikisa, Akawira mugomba raakachera iye.

¹⁵He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

¹⁶Zvakashata zvake zvichadzokera pamusoro wake amene, Uye kumanikidza kwake kuchauya pamusoro pedehenya rake.

¹⁶His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

¹⁷Ndichavonga Jehovha nokuda kokururama kwake; Ndichaimbira zita raJehovha Wekumusoro-soro.

¹⁷I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.