¹Jehovha, Mwari muponesi wangu, Ndakachema masikati nousiku pamberi penyu;

¹Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

²Munyengetero wangu ngaupinde pamberi penyu; Rerekerai nzeve yenyu munzwe kuchema kwangu;

²Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

³nekuti mweya wangu uzere namatambudziko, Upenyu hwangu hwoswedera kuSheori.

³For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .

⁴Ndinoverengwa pamwechete navanoburukira kugomba; Ndakafanana nomunhu anoshaiwa mubatsiri;

⁴I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

⁵Ndakarashirwa pakati pavakafa, Savakaurawa vavete muguva, Vamusati mucharangarira; Vakagurwa paruoko rwenyu.

⁵set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

⁶Makandiisa mugomba rakadzika-dzika, Panzvimbo dzine rima, makadzika kwazvo.

⁶You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

⁷Hasha dzenyu dzinorema kwazvo pamusoro pangu, Makanditambudza namafungu enyu ose.

⁷Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.

⁸Makaisa vazikani vangu kure neni; Makandiita chinhu chinonyangadza kwavari; Ndakapfigirwa, handigoni kubuda.

⁸You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.

⁹Ziso rangu ropera nemhaka yokutambudzika; Ndakadana kwamuri, Jehovha, zuva rimwe nerimwe, Ndakatambanudzira maoko angu kwamuri.

⁹My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.

¹⁰Mungaitira vakafa zvinoshamisa here? Ko vakaparara vangamuka vakakurumbidzai here?

¹⁰Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah.

¹¹Hunyoro bwenyu hungaparidzwa muguva here? Kana kutendeka kwenyu mukuparadza here?

¹¹Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?

¹²Zvishamiso zvenyu zvingazikamwa murima here? Nokururama kwenyu panyika yokukangamwa here?

¹²Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³Asi ndakachema kwamuri, Jehovha, Munyengetero wangu uchasvika pamberi penyu mangwanani.

¹³But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.

¹⁴Jehovha, munorashireiko mweya wangu? Munovanzireiko chiso chenyu kwandiri?

¹⁴Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

¹⁵Kubva pauduku hwangu ndakanga ndichitambudzwa ndichirwiso-fa; Kana ndichityiswa nemwi ndinoshaiwa mano.

¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.

¹⁶Kutsamwa kwenyu kukuru kwakapfuura napamusoro pangu; Kutyisa kwenyu kwakandiparadza.

¹⁶Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.

¹⁷Zvakandikomberedza zuva rose semvura; Zvakandipoteredza pamwechete.

¹⁷They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

¹⁸Iye, anondida, neshamwari yangu, makavaisa kure neni, Nomuzikani wangu ari murima.

¹⁸You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.