¹Jehovha Mwari wangu, ndinovimba nemi; Ndiponesei kuna vose vanonditeverera, mundirwire;

¹{Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.} Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;

²Kuti arege kubvambura mweya wangu seshumba, aubvamburanye, ndichishaiwa anondirwira.

²Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.

³Jehovha Mwari wangu, kana ndichinge ndakaita izvozvi; Kana zvakaipa zvirimo mumaoko angu;

³Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;

⁴Kana ndichinge ndakaitira zvakaipa munhu aiva noukama neni; (Izvo, ndakanunura waiva mudzivisi wangu pasina mhosva;)

⁴If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)

⁵Muvengi ngaateverere mweya wangu, aubate; Ngaatsikire upenyu hwangu pasi, Aise kukudzwa kwangu muguruva.

⁵Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take [it], and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

⁶Mukai mundirwire Jehovha pakutsamwa kwenyu; mukirai hasha dzavadzivisi vangu; Mumuke nokuda kwangu; ndimwi makaraira kuti zvakarurama zviitwe.

⁶Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.

⁷Ungano yendudzi dzavanhu ngaikupoteredzei; Mudzokere kumusoro pamusoro pavo.

⁷And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high.

⁸Jehovha anotonga ndudzi dzavanhu; Nditongei Jehovha sokururama kwangu, uye nechokwadi zviri mandiri.

⁸Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.

⁹Haiwa, kuipa kwavakaipa ngakugume, asi simbisai akarurama; nekuti Mwari akarurama anoidza moyo netsvo.

⁹Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous [man]; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.

¹⁰nhovo yangu iri kuna Mwari, Iye anoponesa vane moyo yakarurama.

¹⁰My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.

¹¹Mwari unotonga vakarurama, Zvirokwazvo, ndiMwari unotsamwira wakaipa zuva rimwe nerimwe.

¹¹God is a righteous judge, and a ùGod who is indignant all the day.

¹²Kana munhu asingatendeuki, iye acharodza munondo wake; Akakunga uta hwake, akahugadzira.

¹²If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,

¹³Akamugadzirirawo nhumbi dzokuuraya nadzo; Anoitira vadzingiriri miseve inopisa.

¹³And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.

¹⁴Tarira, anotambudzika pakubereka zvakaipa; Zvirokwazvo, akava nemimba yezvakashata, akabereka nhema.

¹⁴Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:

¹⁵Akachera hunza, akaidzikisa, Akawira mugomba raakachera iye.

¹⁵He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.

¹⁶Zvakashata zvake zvichadzokera pamusoro wake amene, Uye kumanikidza kwake kuchauya pamusoro pedehenya rake.

¹⁶His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

¹⁷Ndichavonga Jehovha nokuda kokururama kwake; Ndichaimbira zita raJehovha Wekumusoro-soro.

¹⁷I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.