¹Inzwai munyengetero wangu, Jehovha, Kuchema kwangu ngakusvikire kwamuri.

¹Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.

²Regai kundivanzira chiso chenyu pazuva rokutambudzika kwangu; Rerekerai nzeve yenyu kwandiri; Pazuva rokudana kwangu kurumidzai kundipindura.

²Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

³nekuti mazuva angu anopera soutsi, mafupa angu anotsva sechitsa.

³For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.

⁴Moyo wangu warohwa souswa, waoma, nekuti ndinokangamwa kudya zvokudya zvangu.

⁴My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

⁵Nokuda kwenzwi rokugomera kwangu mafupa angu anonamatira nyama yangu.

⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.

⁶Ndafanana nehukurwizi yomurenje; Ndava sezizi romumatongo.

⁶I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

⁷Handivati, ndafanana Neshiri iri yoga pamusoro pedenga reimba.

⁸Vavengi vangu vanondituka zuva rose; Avo vanondipengera vanonditukisa kwazvo.

⁸My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

⁹Nekuti ndakadya madota sezvokudya, Ndikavhenganisa zvokumwa zvangu nemisodzi.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

¹⁰Nokuda kwehasha dzenyu nokutsamwa kwenyu; nekuti makandisimudza mukandirasha.

¹⁰Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

¹¹Mazuva angu akafanana nomumvuri wareba; Ndaoma souswa.

¹¹My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

¹²Asi imwi Jehovha, muchavapo nokusingaperi; Marudzi namarudzi achakurangarirai.

¹²But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.

¹³Imwi muchasimuka, mukanzwira Ziyoni tsitsi; nekuti nguva yavapo yokurinzwira tsitsi, zvirokwazvo, nguva, yakatarwa, yasvika.

¹³You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

¹⁴Nekuti varanda venyu vanofarira mabwe aro, Vanonzwira tsitsi guruva raro.

¹⁴For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.

¹⁵Naizvozvo vahedheni vachatya zita raJehovha, Namadzimambo ose apasi kubwinya kwenyu;

¹⁵So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; all the kings of the earth your glory.

¹⁶Jehovha zvaakavaka Ziyoni, Akaonekwa nokubwinya kwake;

¹⁶For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.

¹⁷Akava nehanya nomunyengetero wavakakamurwa, Akasazvidza munyengetero wavo.

¹⁷He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

¹⁸Izvi zvichanyorerwa rudzi runozouya; Vanhu, vachazosikwa, vacharumbidza Jehovha.

¹⁸This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.

¹⁹Nekuti wakatarira pasi ari panzvimbo yake tsvene yakakwirira; Jehovha akacherekedza nyika ari kudenga;

¹⁹For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;

²⁰Kuti anzwe kugomera komusungwa; Kuti asunungure vakatemerwa rufu;

²⁰to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;

²¹Kuti vanhu vaparidze zita raJehovha paZiyoni, Nokurumbidzwa kwake paJerusaremu;

²¹that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

²²Kana marudzi avanhu aungana, Noushe huzhinji, kuti vashumire Jehovha.

²²when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

²³Wakatapudza simba rangu panzira; Wakafupisa mazuva angu.

²³He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.

²⁴Ndakati, Mwari wangu, regai kundibvisa mazuva angu achigere kusvika; Makore enyu anosvika kumarudzi namarudzi.

²⁴I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

²⁵Makateya nyika kare-kare; Nedenga rose ibasa ramaoko enyu.

²⁵Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

²⁶Zvichaparara izvo, asi imwi muchagara muripo; Zvirokwazvo, izvozvo zvose zvichasakara senguvo; Muchazvishandura sechisimiro, zvikashanduka;

²⁶They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.

²⁷Asi imwi hamushanduki, Makore enyu haangavi nomugumo.

²⁷But you are the same. Your years will have no end.

²⁸Vana vavaranda venyu vachagara varipo, Navana vavo vachasimbiswa pamberi penyu.

²⁸The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you.”