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World English Bible

Psalms

142

1Ndinodanidzira nenzwi rangu kuna Jehovha; Nenzwi rangu ndinonyengetera kuna Jehovha.
1I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.
2Ndinodurura kuchema kwangu pamberi pake; Ndinomuzivisa kutambudzika kwangu.
2I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
3Panguva yokumanikidzwa komweya wangu mukati mangu, makaziva nzira yangu. Panzira yandinofamba nayo vakandivanzira musungo.
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path. In the way in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.
4Tarirai kurudyi rwangu, muone; nekuti hakuna munhu anondiziva; Ndashaiwa utiziro; hakuna munhu ane hanya nomweya wangu.
4Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
5Ndakadanidzira kwamuri, Jehovha; Ndakati, Ndimi utiziro hwangu, Nomugove wangu panyika yavapenyu.
5I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
6Teererai kudanidzira kwangu; nekuti ndinoshaiwa simba kwazvo; Ndirwirei panavanonditambudza; nekuti vanondikurira nesimba.
6Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.
7Budisai mweya wangu patirongo, kuti ndivonge zita renyu; Vakarurama vachandipoteredza; nekuti muchandiitira zvakanaka kwazvo.
7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.