¹Senondo inotakwairira hova dzemvura, Saizvozvo mweya wangu unokutakwairirai imwi Mwari.

¹As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” .

²Mweya wangu une nyota kuna Mwari, iye Mwari mupenyu, Ndichasvika rinhiko ndionekwe naMwari?

²My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

³Misodzi yangu zvakanga zviri zvokudya zvangu masikati nousiku, Pakutaura kwavo zuva rose kwandiri vachiti, Mwari wako aripiko?

³My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

⁴Ndinorangarira zvinhu izvi, ndichidurura mweya wangu mukati mangu, Zvokuti ndaienda navazhinji, ndichivatungamirira kuimba yaMwari Nenzwi rokufara nokurumbidza, tiri vazhinji vaitamba mutambo.

⁴These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.

⁵Unoshuwireiko, mweya wangu? Unoshaiwa rugare neiko mukati mangu? Tarira kuna Mwari; nekuti ndichazomurumbidza hangu, Nokuda kokuponesa kwechiso chake.

⁵Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.

⁶Haiwa Mwari, mweya wangu unosuwa mukati mangu; Naizvozvo ndinokurangarirai ndiri panyika yaJoridhani, Napamakomo eHerimoni, nechikomo cheMizari.

⁶My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.

⁷Pakadzika panodana pakadzika pakutinhira kwamapopopo enyu; Mafungu enyu namapoporodzi enyu akapfuura napamusoro pangu.

⁷Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.

⁸Asi Jehovha acharaira unyoro hwake panguva yamasikati, Usiku rwiyo rwake ruchava neni, Uye munyengetero kuna Mwari woupenyu hwangu.

⁸ Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.

⁹Ndichati kuna Mwari, dombo rangu, Makandikangamwireiko? Ndinofambireiko ndichichema nemhaka yokumanikidza komuvengi wangu?

⁹I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

¹⁰Zvakafanana neguyo pamafupa angu, kana vadzivisi vangu vachindizvidza; Kana vachiramba vachiti kwandiri, Mwari wako aripiko?

¹⁰As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

¹¹Unoshuwireiko, mweya wangu? Unoshaiwa rugare neiko mukati mangu? Tarira kuna Mwari; nekuti ndichazomurumbidza hangu, Iye ruponeso nechiso changu, naMwari wangu.

¹¹Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.