¹Ndirwirei pavavengi vangu, Mwari wangu; Ndiisei pakakwirira kure navanondimukira.

¹{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.

²Ndirwirei pavaiti vezvakaipa, Ndiponesei pavanhu veropa.

²Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood.

³nekuti tarirai, vanovandira mweya wangu; Vane simba vakaungana kuzorwa neni; Hakuzi nokuda kokudarika kwangu kana kwezvivi zvangu, Jehovha.

³For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

⁴Vanomhanya nokuzvigadzira, ini ndisina mhosva hangu; Mukai mundibatsire, muone.

⁴They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to meet me, and behold.

⁵Iyemi Jehovha, Mwari wehondo, Mwari waIsiraeri, Mukai mushanyire vahedheni vose; Musanzwira tsitsi mudariki upi noupi akaipa.

⁵Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.

⁶Vanodzoka madekwana, vanohuhudza sembwa, Vanopota neguta.

⁶They return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:

⁷Tarirai, vanodzvova nemiromo Minondo iri pamiromo yavo, nekuti vanoti, Ndianiko anganzwa?

⁷Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who [say they] doth hear?

⁸Asi imwi Jehovha muchavaseka; Muchadadira vahedheni vose.

⁸But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt have all the nations in derision.

⁹Imwi simba rangu, ndichakumirirai, nekuti Mwari ndiye nhare yangu yakakwirira.

⁹Their strength! ... I will take heed to thee; for God is my high fortress.

¹⁰Mwari wangu achandichingura netsitsi dzake; Mwari achandionesa kukundwa kwavavengi vangu.

¹⁰God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me, -- God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.

¹¹Musavauraya, kuti vanhu vangu varege kukangamwa; Muvaparadzire nesimba renyu, muvawisire pasi, Ishe nhovo yedu.

¹¹Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

¹²Nokuda kwechivi chomuromo wavo, namashoko emiromo yavo, Ngavabatwe pakuzvikudza kwavo, Uye nokuda kokutuka nenhema dzavanotaura.

¹²[Because of] the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

¹³Vapedzei nehasha, vapedzei, varege kuzovapo; Ngavazive kuti Mwari anobata ushe pakati paJakove, Kusvikira kumigumo yenyika.

¹³Make an end in wrath, make an end, that they may be no more; that they may know that God ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

¹⁴Panguva yamadekwana ngavadzoke, ngavahuhudze sembwa, Ngavapote-pote neguta.

¹⁴And in the evening they shall return, they shall howl like a dog, and go round about the city.

¹⁵Vachadzungaira vachitsvaka zvokudya, Vachagara usiku hwose kana vasingaguti.

¹⁵They shall wander about for meat, and stay all night if they be not satisfied.

¹⁶Asi ini ndichaimba ndichireva simba renyu; Zvirokwazvo ndicharumbidza tsitsi dzenyu mangwanani, nekuti makanga muri nhare yangu yakakwirira, Noutiziro hwangu pazuva rokutambudzika kwangu.

¹⁶But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.

¹⁷Ndichakuimbirai nziyo dzokurumbidza, imwi simba rangu; nekuti Mwari ndiye nhare yangu yakakwirira, iye Mwari anondinzwira tsitsi.

¹⁷Unto thee, my strength, will I sing psalms; for God is my high fortress, the God of my mercy.