¹Munomirireiko kure, Jehovha? Munozvivanzireiko panguva dzokutambudzika?

¹Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?

²Pakuzvikudza kwake akaipa anotambudza murombo zvikuru; Ngavabatwe namano avakafunga.

²The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

³nekuti wakaipa anozvirumbidza pamusoro pezvinoda moyo wake, Anoruchiva unotuka nokuzvidza Jehovha.

³For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

⁴Nokuzvikudza kwechiso chake, wakaipa anoti haangabvunzi. Mwari haamo mundangariro dzake dzose.

⁴The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!

⁵Nzira dzake dzakasimba nguva dzose; Zvamunotonga imwi zviri kure kumusoro, haazvioni; Kana vari vadzivisi vake vose, anovashora.

⁵His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

⁶Anoti mumoyo make, Handingazununguswi; Handingavi panhamo kusvikira kumarudzi angu ose.

⁶He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

⁷Muromo wake uzere nokutuka nokunyengera nokumanikidza; Zvakashata nezvakaipa zviri pasi porurimi rwake.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

⁸Anogara panzvimbo dzokuvanda dzemisha; Pakavanda ndipo paanouraya asina mhosva; Meso ake anovandira asina wokumubatsira.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

⁹Anovandira pakavanda seshumba panzvimbo yayo; Anovanda kuti abate murombo; Anobata murombo, kana achimukakatira mumumbure wake.

⁹He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

¹⁰Anonyangira, anokambaira pasi, varombo vanowiswa nevanesimba vake.

¹⁰He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.

¹¹Anoti mumoyo make, Mwari akangamwa; Anovanza chiso chake, haangatongozvioni.

¹¹He saith in his heart, ùGod hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see [it].

¹²Simukai Jehovha; Mwari simudzai ruoko rwenyu; Regai kukangamwa varombo.

¹²Arise, Jehovah; O ùGod, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.

¹³Akaipa anozvidzireiko Mwari, Achiti mumoyo wake, Hangabvunzi?

¹³Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].

¹⁴Mazviona henyu; nekuti munoona zvakaipa nokutambudzika muchizviisa muruoko rwenyu; asinamubatsiri anozviisa kwamuri; Makava mubatsiri wenherera.

¹⁴Thou hast seen [it], for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁵Vhunai ruoko rwowakaipa. Kana ari munhu akashata, nzverai zvakaipa zvake, kusvikira musingazozviwani.

¹⁵Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.

¹⁶Jehovha ndiye Mambo . nokusingaperi-peri; Vahedheni vakaparadzwa munyika yake.

¹⁶Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.

¹⁷Jehovha, makanzwa zvinodikamwa navanyoro; Muchasimbisa moyo yavo, mucharerekera nzeve yenyu;

¹⁷Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,

¹⁸Kuti mutongere nherera neanotambudzwa, Kuti munhu wapanyika arege kuramba achivhundusa.

¹⁸To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.