1Jehovha, ndakadana kwamuri; kurumidzai kuuya kwandiri; Teererai inzwi rangu kana ndichidana kwamuri.
1{A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, I have called upon thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
2Munyengetero wangu ngauve pamberi penyu sezvinonhuhwira; Nokusimudzwa kwamaoko angu sechipiriso chamadekwana.
2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation.
3Jehovha, isai murindi pamberi pomuromo wangu; Chengetai mukova wemiromo yangu.
3Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4Regai kurerekesa moyo wangu kuchinhu chakaipa, Kuti ndiite zvakaipa Pamwechete navanhu vanoita zvisina kururama.
4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.
5Akarurama ngaandirove netsitsi; andituke; ave mafuta pamusoro wangu, musoro wangu haungaarambi; nekuti ndicharamba ndichinyengetera pamusoro pokuipa kwavo.
5Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is [for them] in their calamities.
6Vatongi vavo vakawisirwa kumawere edombo; Vachanzwa kuti mashoko angu akanaka.
6When their judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
7Sezvakaita pasi kana parimwa nokuparurwa, Saizvozvo mafupa edu akaparadzirwa pamuromo weSheori.
7Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.
8nekuti meso angu anotarira kwamuri, Jehovha Ishe; Ndinovimba nemi; regai kudurura upenyu hwangu.
8For unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute.
9Ndichengetei pamusungo wavakanditeyera, Naparugombe rwavanoita zvisina kururama.
9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10Vakaipa ngavabatwe nemimbure yavo vamene, Asi ini ndidarike hangu.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that *I* withal pass over.