¹Senondo inotakwairira hova dzemvura, Saizvozvo mweya wangu unokutakwairirai imwi Mwari.

¹{To the chief Musician. An instruction; of the sons of Korah.} As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

²Mweya wangu une nyota kuna Mwari, iye Mwari mupenyu, Ndichasvika rinhiko ndionekwe naMwari?

²My soul thirsteth for God, for the living ùGod: when shall I come and appear before God?

³Misodzi yangu zvakanga zviri zvokudya zvangu masikati nousiku, Pakutaura kwavo zuva rose kwandiri vachiti, Mwari wako aripiko?

³My tears have been my bread day and night, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

⁴Ndinorangarira zvinhu izvi, ndichidurura mweya wangu mukati mangu, Zvokuti ndaienda navazhinji, ndichivatungamirira kuimba yaMwari Nenzwi rokufara nokurumbidza, tiri vazhinji vaitamba mutambo.

⁴These things I remember and have poured out my soul within me: how I passed along with the multitude, how I went on with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a festive multitude.

⁵Unoshuwireiko, mweya wangu? Unoshaiwa rugare neiko mukati mangu? Tarira kuna Mwari; nekuti ndichazomurumbidza hangu, Nokuda kokuponesa kwechiso chake.

⁵Why art thou cast down, my soul, and art disquieted in me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, [for] the health of his countenance.

⁶Haiwa Mwari, mweya wangu unosuwa mukati mangu; Naizvozvo ndinokurangarirai ndiri panyika yaJoridhani, Napamakomo eHerimoni, nechikomo cheMizari.

⁶My God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermons, from mount Mizar.

⁷Pakadzika panodana pakadzika pakutinhira kwamapopopo enyu; Mafungu enyu namapoporodzi enyu akapfuura napamusoro pangu.

⁷Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy cataracts; all thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.

⁸Asi Jehovha acharaira unyoro hwake panguva yamasikati, Usiku rwiyo rwake ruchava neni, Uye munyengetero kuna Mwari woupenyu hwangu.

⁸In the day-time will Jehovah command his loving-kindness, and in the night his song shall be with me, a prayer unto the ùGod of my life.

⁹Ndichati kuna Mwari, dombo rangu, Makandikangamwireiko? Ndinofambireiko ndichichema nemhaka yokumanikidza komuvengi wangu?

⁹I will say unto ùGod my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

¹⁰Zvakafanana neguyo pamafupa angu, kana vadzivisi vangu vachindizvidza; Kana vachiramba vachiti kwandiri, Mwari wako aripiko?

¹⁰As with a crushing in my bones mine adversaries reproach me, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

¹¹Unoshuwireiko, mweya wangu? Unoshaiwa rugare neiko mukati mangu? Tarira kuna Mwari; nekuti ndichazomurumbidza hangu, Iye ruponeso nechiso changu, naMwari wangu.

¹¹Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.