¹Ndichengetei, Mwari, nekuti ndinovimba nemi.

¹{Michtam of David.} Preserve me, O ùGod: for I trust in thee.

²Ndakati kuna Jehovha, Ndimi Ishe wangu; Kunze kwenyu handine chinhu chakanaka.

²Thou [my soul] hast said to Jehovah, Thou art the Lord: my goodness [extendeth] not to thee; --

³Kana vari vatsvene, vari panyika, Ndivo vakaisvonaka vandinofarira zvikuru.

³To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent [thou hast said], In them is all my delight.

⁴Kuchema kuchawanzwa kwavanovigira mumwe mwari zvipo; Zvipiriso zvavo zvinodururwa zveropa handingazvidururi, Namazita avo handingaarevi nemiromo yangu.

⁴Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, and I will not take up their names into my lips.

⁵Jehovha ndiye mugove wenhaka yangu nowomukombe wangu; Munochengeta mugove wangu.

⁵Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

⁶Rwonzi rwokuyera rwakandiyerera nzvimbo dzakanaka; Zvirokwazvo, nhaka yangu yakaisvonaka.

⁶The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

⁷Ndicharumbidza Jehovha akandipa mano, Zvirokwazvo, itsvo dzangu dzinondidzidzisa panguva dzousiku.

⁷I will bless Jehovah, who giveth me counsel; even in the nights my reins instruct me.

⁸Ndakaisa Jehovha pamberi pangu nguva dzose; Zvaari kurudyi rwangu, handingazununguswi.

⁸I have set Jehovah continually before me; because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

⁹Naizvozvo moyo wangu unofara, kukudzwa kwangu kunofarisisa; Nyama yanguvo ichagara yakachengetwa.

⁹Therefore my heart rejoiceth, and my glory exulteth; my flesh moreover shall dwell in hope.

¹⁰Nekuti hamungasii mweya wangu muSheori; Hamungatenderi mutsvene wenyu kuti aone kuora.

¹⁰For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol, neither wilt thou allow thy Holy One to see corruption.

¹¹Mundiratidza nzira youpenyu; Mufaro wakazara uri pamberi pangu; Paruoko rwenyu rworudyi panezvinofadza nokusingaperi.

¹¹Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.