¹Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

¹Hareruya. nekuti zvakanaka kuti Mwari wedu aimbirwe nziyo dzokurumbidza; Zvinofadza, uye kurumbidza kwakafanira.

²Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

²Jehovha anovaka Jerusaremu; Anounganidza vakadzingwa vaIsiraeri.

³He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

³Anoporesa vane moyo yakaputsika, Anosunga mavanga avo.

⁴He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.

⁴Anotara kuwanda kwenyeredzi; Anodzipa dzose mazita adzo.

⁵Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.

⁵Ishe wedu mukuru, anesimba guru; Njere dzake hadziperi.

⁶Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

⁶Jehovha anobatsira vanyoro;

⁷Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,

⁷Imbirai Jehovha muchimuvonga, Imbirai Mwari wedu nziyo dzokurumbidza nembira;

⁸who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.

⁸Iye anofukidza denga namakore, Anogadzirira pasi mvura, Anomeresa uswa pamakomo.

⁹He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.

⁹Anopa zvipfuwo zvokudya zvazvo, Navana vamakunguvo, anochema.

¹⁰He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

¹⁰Haafadzwi nesimba rebhiza; Haafariri makumbo omurume.

¹¹Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

¹¹Jehovha anofara navanomutya, Navanotarira tsitsi dzake.

¹²Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!

¹²Rumbidza Jehovha, iwe Jerusaremu; Rumbidza Mwari wako, iwe Ziyoni.

¹³For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

¹³nekuti wakasimbisa mazariro amasuwo ako; Akaropafadza vana vako mukati mako.

¹⁴He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁴Anoisa rugare panyika yako; Anokugutisa nezviyo zvakaisvonaka.

¹⁵He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly.

¹⁵Anotuma mirairo yake panyika; Shoko rake rinomhanya kwazvo.

¹⁶He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.

¹⁶Anopa vanhu chando samakushe amakwai, anoparadzira chando samadota.

¹⁷He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?

¹⁷Anokanda chimvuramabwe chake sezvimedu; Ndianiko angamira pachando chake?

¹⁸He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

¹⁸Anotuma shoko rake, ndokuzvinyausa; Anovhuvhutisa mhepo yake mvura ndokuyerera.

¹⁹He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.

¹⁹Anozivisa Jakove shoko rake, Nalsiraeri mitemo yake nezvaakatonga.

²⁰He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. Praise Yah!

²⁰Haana kutongoitira rumwe rudzi saizvozvo; Kana zviri zvaakatonga, havana kuzviziva. Hareruya!