¹David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

¹Zvino Dhavhidhi wakataura kuna Jehovha mashoko orwiyo urwu nenguva yaakarwirwa naJehovha pamaoko avavengi vake vose, napamaoko aSauro;

²and he said, “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

²akati: Jehovha idombo rangu, nenhare yangu, nemununuri wangu, iye ndewangu.

³God, my rock, in him I will take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.

³Mwari wedombo rangu, ndichavimba naye; nhovo yangu, norunyanga rwokuponeswa kwangu, shongwe yangu yakakwirira, noutiziro hwangu. Muponesi wangu, anondiponesa pakumanikidzwa.

⁴I will call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from my enemies.

⁴Ndichadana kuna Jehovha, iye anofanira kurumbidzwa; Naizvozvo ndichaponeswa kuna vavengi vangu.

⁵For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁵nekuti mafungu orufu akandikomba, Uye nzizi dzezvakaipa dzakandivhundusa.

⁶The cords of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. were around me. The snares of death caught me.

⁶Mabote aSheori akandisunga, Misungo yorufu yakandiwira.

⁷In my distress I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears.

⁷Pakutambudzika kwangu ndakadana kuna Jehovha, Ndakadana kuna Mwari wangu, Akanzwa inzwi rangu ari mutemberi yake; Kuchema kwangu kukasvika munzeve dzake.

⁸Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

⁸Ipapo nyika yakazununguka, ikadedera; Nheyo dzokudenga dzakadengenyeka, Dzikazununguswa, nekuti iye wakange atsamwa.

⁹Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.

⁹Utsi hwakakwira hwuchibva mumhino dzake, Uye moto wakabuda mumuromo make, wakaparadza; Mazimbe akabatidzwa nawo.

¹⁰He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

¹⁰Wakakotamisawo kudenga-denga, akaburuka, Nerima guru rakanga riri pasi petsoka dzake.

¹¹He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind.

¹¹Wakatasva kerubhu, akabhururuka; Zvirokwazvo, wakaonekwa ari pamapapiro emhepo.

¹²He made darkness pavilions around himself: gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

¹²Wakazvipoteredza nerima setende, Mvura yakaunganidzwa, nemvumi dzehore dzedenga.

¹³At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled.

¹³Nokupenya, kwakanga kuri pamberi pake, Mazimbe omoto akabatidzwa.

¹⁴Yahweh thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.

¹⁴Jehovha wakatinhira kudenga, Wekumusoro-soro wakataura nenzwi rake.

¹⁵He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and confused them.

¹⁵Wakatuma miseve, akavaparadza; Akatuma mheni, akavavhundusa.

¹⁶Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

¹⁶Ipapo pasi pegungwa pakaonekwa, Uye nheyo dzenyika dzakaratidzwa pachena, Nokutuka kwaJehovha, Nokufema kwemweya wemhino dzake.

¹⁷He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.

¹⁷Wakatambanudza ruoko rwake ari kumusoro, akanditora, Akandinyukura pamvura zhinji;

¹⁸He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

¹⁸Akandirwira pamuvengi wangu ane simba, Nokuna vanondivenga; nekuti vakanga vondikurira.

¹⁹They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.

¹⁹Vakandivinga nezuva renjodzi yangu, Asi Jehovha wakange ari mutsigiro wangu.

²⁰He also brought me out into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

²⁰Akandibudisira kunzvimbo yakafarikana, Akandirwira, nekuti wakange achindifarira.

²¹Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.

²¹Jehovha wakandiitira zvakaenzana nokururama kwangu, Akandipa mubayiro wakaenzana nokuchena kwamaoko angu.

²²For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

²²Nekuti ndakachengeta nzira dzaJehovha, Handina kubva kuna Mwari wangu nokunyengera.

²³For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

²³Nekuti zvose zvaakatonga zvakanga zviri pamberi pangu; Kana zviri zvaakatema, handina kutsauka kwazviri.

²⁴I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

²⁴Ndakanga ndakarurama kwazvo pamberi pake, Ndakazvichengeta pazvakaipa zvangu.

²⁵Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.

²⁵Naizvozvo Jehovha wakandiitira zvakaenzana nokururama kwangu, Zvakaenzana nokuchena kwangu pamberi pake.

²⁶With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.

²⁶Ane tsitsi, munomuitirawo tsitsi; Munhu, wakarurama kwazvo, munomuitirawo zvakarurama;

²⁷With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

²⁷Wakanaka, munomuitirawo zvakanaka; Wakatsauka, munomuitira hasha.

²⁸You will save the afflicted people, But your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down.

²⁸Muchaponesa vanhu vanotambudzika, Asi meso enyu anoona vanozvikudza kuti muvaderedze.

²⁹For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.

²⁹Nekuti muri mwenje wangu, Jehovha; Jehovha uchavhenekera rima rangu.

³⁰For by you, I run against a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.

³⁰Nekuti nemwi ndichavamba hondo, Kana ndina Mwari wangu ndichadarika rusvingo.

³¹As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

³¹Kana ari Mwari, nzira yake yakarurama kwazvo; Shoko raJehovha rakaidzwa; Ndiye nhovo yavose vanotenda kwaari.

³²For who is God, besides Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God?

³²Nekuti ndiani Mwari, asi iye Jehovha? Ndianiko dombo, asi iye Mwari wedu?

³³God is my strong fortress. He makes my way perfect.

³³Mwari ndiye nhare yangu ine simba; Iye unondifambisa nenzira yakarurama.

³⁴He makes his feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places.

³⁴Unoita tsoka dzangu setsoka dzenondokadzi, Unondiisa pakakwirira.

³⁵He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.

³⁵Unodzidzisa maoko angu kurwa; Naizvozvo maoko angu anowembura uta bwendarira.

³⁶You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your gentleness has made me great.

³⁶Makandipawo nhovo yokuponesa kwenyu, Unyoro bwenyu hwakandikurisa.

³⁷You have enlarged my steps under me. My feet have not slipped.

³⁷Makandiitira nzvimbo yakafarikana pasi pangu pandingatsika; Tsoka dzangu hadzina kutedzemuka.

³⁸I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them. I didn’t turn again until they were consumed.

³⁸Ndakateverera vavengi vangu, ndikavaparadza, Handina kudzokazve kusvikira vapedzwa.

³⁹I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they can’t arise. Yes, they have fallen under my feet.

³⁹Ndakavapedza, ndakavabaya, havagoni kumuka; Vakawira pasi petsoka dzangu.

⁴⁰For you have armed me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

⁴⁰nekuti makandisunga chiwuno nesimba rokurwa naro; Makandikundisa vaindimukira.

⁴¹You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

⁴¹Makatizisa vavengi vangu, Kuti ndiparadze vanondivenga.

⁴²They looked, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.

⁴²Vakatarira, asi kwakanga kusino muponesi, Kuna Jehovha, asi haana kuvapindura.

⁴³Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.

⁴³Ipapo ndakavapwanya seguruva renyika; Ndikavatswa samatope enzira dzomumusha, ndikavaparadzira kure.

⁴⁴You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me.

⁴⁴Makandirwirawo pakukakavadzana kwavanhu vangu, Makandichengeta kuti ndive mukuru wendudzi; Vanhu vandakanga ndisingazivi, vachandishumira.

⁴⁵The foreigners will submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me.

⁴⁵Vatorwa vachanamata kwandiri; Vachateerera pakarepo kana vachindinzwa.

⁴⁶The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.

⁴⁶Vatorwa vachatorerwa simba, Vachabuda pavaivanda vachidedera.

⁴⁷Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

⁴⁷Jehovha mupenyu; dombo rangu ngarikudzwe; Mwari, dombo rokuponeswa kwangu, ngaarumbidzwe.

⁴⁸even the God who executes vengeance for me, who brings down peoples under me,

⁴⁸Ndiye Mwari unonditsivira, Unondikundisa vanhu.

⁴⁹who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

⁴⁹Unondibvisa kuvavengi vangu; Zvirokwazvo, munondisimudzira kumusoro kwavanondimukira; Munondirwira pamunhu unondimanikidza.

⁵⁰Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations. Will sing praises to your name.

⁵⁰Naizvozvo ndichakuvongai Jehovha, pakati pendudzi, Ndichakudza zita renyu nenziyo;

⁵¹He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore.”

⁵¹Unopa mambo wake kuponeswa kukuru; Unoitira muzodzwa wake unyoro, Kuna Dhavhidhi navana vake nokusingaperi.