¹. Ndinzwirei tsitsi, Mwari, ndinzwirei tsitsi; nekuti mweya wangu unotizira kwamuri; Zvirokwazvo, ndichatizira kumumvuri wamapapiro enyu, Kusvikira njodzi dzapfuura.

¹{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast.

²Ndichadanidzira kuna Mwari Wekumusoro-soro; Kuna Mwari anondiitira zvose.

²I will call unto God, the Most High; unto ùGod that performeth [all] for me.

³Achatuma mubatsiri ari kudenga, andiponese, Kana iye, anovavarira kundimedza, achindishora; Mwari achatuma tsitsi dzake nechokwadi chake.

³He will send from the heavens and save me; he hath covered with reproach him that would swallow me up. Selah. God hath sent forth his loving-kindness and his truth.

⁴Mweya wangu uri pakati peshumba; Ndinovata pasi pakati pavanopfuta somoto, Ivo vanakomana vavanhu, vana meno anenge mapfumo nemiseve, Uye rurimi rwavo munondo unopinza.

⁴My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down [among] them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

⁵Imwi mukudzwe Mwari, pamusoro pokudenga-denga; Kurumbidzwa kwenyu ngakuve kumusoro kwapasi pose.

⁵Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth!

⁶Vakateyira tsoka dzangu mumbure; Mweya wangu wakakotamiswa; Vakachera hunza pamberi pangu; Vawira mukati mayo vamene.

⁶They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.

⁷moyo wangu wakasimba, Mwari, moyo wangu wakasimba; Ndichaimba, zvirokwazvo, ndichaimba nziyo dzokurumbidza.

⁷My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms.

⁸Muka iwe moyo wangu, muka iwe mutengeramwa nembira; Ini ndimene ndichamuka mangwanani.

⁸Awake, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.

⁹Ndichakuvongai, Ishe, pakati pendudzi dzavanhu; Ndichakuimbirai nziyo dzokurumbidza pakati pavahedheni.

⁹I will give thee thanks among the peoples, O Lord; of thee will I sing psalms among the nations:

¹⁰Nekuti tsitsi dzenyu ihuru kusvikira kudenga-denga, chokwadi chenyu inosvikira kudenga rose.

¹⁰For thy loving-kindness is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

¹¹imwi mukudzwe Mwari, kumusoro kokudenga-denga; Kurumbidzwa kwenyu ngakuve kumusoro kwapasi pose.

¹¹Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth!