¹Haiwa Mwari, vahedheni vakapinda panhaka yenyu; Vakasvibisa temberi yenyu tsvene; Jerusaremu vakariita dongo.

¹A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

²Zvitunha zvavaranda venyu vakazvipa shiri dzokudenga zvive zvokudya zvadzo. Uye nyama yavatsvene venyu vakaipa zvikara zvapasi.

²The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

³Vakateura ropa ravo pose-pose paJerusaremu semvura; Vakashaiwa anovaviga.

³Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.

⁴Tava chinhu chinoshorwa navatigere navo, Chinhu chinozvidzwa nechinosekwa navakatipoteredza.

⁴We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

⁵Haiwa Jehovha, mucharamba makatsamwa nokusingaperi kusvikira rinhiko? Godo renyu richapfuta somoto here?

⁵How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

⁶Dururai hasha dzenyu pamusoro pavahedheni vasingakuziviyi, Napamusoro poushe huzhinji, husingadi zita renyu.

⁶Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

⁷nekuti vakapedza Jakove, Vakaparadza ugaro hwake.

⁷For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.

⁸Musarangarira kutirova pamusoro pezvakaipa zvamadzibaba edu; tsitsi dzenyu nyoro ngadzikurumidze kusangana nesu, nekuti taneta kwazvo.

⁸Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.

⁹Tibatsirei, Mwari muponesi wedu, nokuda komukurumbira wezita renyu;

⁹Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.

¹⁰Vahedheni vacharevereiko, vachiti, Mwari wavo aripiko? Kutsihwa kweropa ravaranda venyu, rakateurwa, Ngakuzikamwe pakati pavahedheni pamberi pedu.

¹⁰Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.

¹¹Kugomera komusungwa ngakusvike kwamuri; Noukuru bwesimba renyu chengetai vana vorufu;

¹¹Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;

¹²Mutsivire vagere nesu kanomwe pachipfuva chavo. Kushora kwavakakushorai nako, imwi Ishe.

¹²And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

¹³Naizvozvo isu vanhu venyu, nemakwai amafuro enyu, Tichakuvongai nokusingaperi; Ticharatidza kurumbidzwa kwenyu kumarudzi namarudzi.

¹³So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations.