¹Haiwa Jehovha, regai kundiraira pakutsamwa kwenyu, Musandirova nekufara kwenyu kukuru.

¹Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.

²Ndinzwirei nyasha, Jehovha; nekuti ndaonda; Ndiponesei, Jehovha nekuti mafupa angu anoshungurudzika.

²Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

³Mweya wangu unotambudzikawo zvikuru; Asi imwi Jehovha muchanonoka kusvikira mhiko?

³My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh—how long?

⁴Dzokai Jehovha, murwire mweya wangu; Ndiponesei nokuda kwevunyoro bwenyu.

⁴Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake.

⁵nekuti parufu hapana achakurangarirai; Ndiani achakuvongai paSheori?

⁵For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , who shall give you thanks?

⁶Ndaneta nokugomba kwangu; Usiku humwe nohumwe ndinoshambirisa nhovo dzangu; Ndinonyorovedza mubhedha wangu nemisodzi yangu.

⁶I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.

⁷Ziso rangu rapera nokuchema, Rinosakara nokuda kwavadzivisi vangu.

⁷My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.

⁸Ibvai kwandiri, imwi vaiti vose vezvakaipa. Nekuti Jehovha akanzwa inzwi rokuchema kwangu.

⁸Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.

⁹Jehovha akanzwa kukumbira kwangu; Jehovha achagamuchira munyengetero wangu.

⁹Yahweh has heard my supplication. Yahweh accepts my prayer.

¹⁰Vavengi vangu vose vachanyadzwa nokutambudzika zvikuru; Vachadzoka, vachanyadzwa pakarepo.

¹⁰May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.