1Ndinosimudzira meso angu kwamuri, Iyemi, munogara kudenga.
1To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens.
2Tarirai, meso avaranda sezvaanotarira ruoko rwatenzi wavo, Uye meso omurandakadzi sezvaanotarira ruoko rwatenzikadzi wake; Saizvozvo meso edu anotarira kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu, Kusvikira atinzwira nyasha.
2Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.
3Tinzwirei nyasha, Jehovha, tinzwirei nyasha; nekuti tapera kwazvo nokuzvidzwa.
3Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.
4Mweya wedu wapera chose Nokushora kwavanogara havo zvakanaka, Uye noruzvidzo rwavanozvikudza.
4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.