¹Ndinokudisai, Jehovha, simba rangu.

²Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

²Jehovha idombo rangu, nenhare yangu, nomurwiri wangu; Mwari wangu, dombo rangu, wandichavimba naye; nhovo yangu, norunyanga rwokuponeswa kwangu, shongwe yangu yakakwirira.

³I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.

³Ndichadana kuna Jehovha, iye anofanirwa nokurumbidzwa; Naizvozvo ndichaponeswa kuna vavengi vangu.

⁴The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

⁴Mabote orufu akandikomba; Uye nzizi dzezvakaipa dzakandivhundusa.

⁵The cords of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. were around me. The snares of death came on me.

⁵Mabote eSheori akandisunga; Misungo yorufu yakandiwira.

⁶In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.

⁶Pakutambudzika kwangu ndakadana kuna Jehovha, Ndikadana kuna Mwari wangu; Akanzwa inzwi rangu ari mutemberi yake; Kuchema kwangu pamberi pake kukasvika munzeve dzake.

⁷Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

⁷Ipapo nyika yakazununguka, ikadedera; Nheyo dzamakomowo dzikadengenyeka, Dzikazununguswa, nekuti akanga akatsamwa.

⁸Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

⁸Utsi hwakakwira huchibva mumhino dzake, Uye moto wakabuda mumuromo make, wakaparadza; Mazimbe akabatidzwa nawo.

⁹He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

⁹Akakotamisa kudenga-dengawo, akaburuka; Nerima guru rakanga riri pasi petsoka dzake.

¹⁰He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

¹⁰Akatasva kerubhi, akabhururuka; Zvirokwazvo, akabhururuka pamapapiro emhepo.

¹¹He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

¹¹Rima akariita nzvimbo yake yokuvanda, tende rake rakamupoteredza; Kusviba kwemvura zhinji, namakore matema okudenga.

¹²At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

¹²Nokupenya kwakanga kuri pamberi pake makore ake matema akapfuura, Nechimvuramabwe namazimbe omoto.

¹³Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.

¹³Jehovha akatinhirawo kudenga-denga, Wokumusoro-soro akataura nenzwi rake; Chimvuramabwe namazimbe omoto.

¹⁴He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.

¹⁴Akatuma miseve yake, akavaparadza; Zvirokwazvo, nemheni zhinji, akavavhundusa.

¹⁵Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

¹⁵Ipapo migero yemvura zhinji yakaonekwa, Uye nheyo dzenyika dzakafukurwa, Nokutuka kwenyu, Jehovha, Nokufema komweya wemhino dzenyu.

¹⁶He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.

¹⁶Wakatambanudza ruoko rwake ari kumusoro, akanditora, Akandinyukura pamvura zhinji.

¹⁷He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

¹⁷Akandirwira pamuvengi wangu ane simba, Nokuna vanondivenga, nekuti vakanga vondikurira.

¹⁸They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.

¹⁸Vakandivinga nezuva renjodzi yangu, Asi Jehovha akanga ari mutsigiri wangu.

¹⁹He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

¹⁹Akandibudisira kunzvimbo yakafarikana, Akandirwira, nekuti akanga achindifarira.

²⁰Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.

²⁰Jehovha akandiitira zvakaenzana nokururama kwangu, Akandipa mubayiro wakaenzana nokuchena kwamaoko angu.

²¹For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

²¹Nekuti ndakachengeta nzira dzaJehovha, Handina kubva kuna Mwari wangu nokunyengera.

²²For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.

²²Nekuti zvose zvaakatonga zvakanga zviri pamberi pangu, Handina kusundira kure neni zvaakatema.

²³I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

²³Ndakanga ndakaruramawo kwaari, Ndakazvichengeta ini pazvakaipa zvangu.

²⁴Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

²⁴Naizvozvo Jehovha akandiitira zvakaenzana nokururama kwangu, Zvakaenzana nokuchena kwamaoko angu pamberi pake.

²⁵With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

²⁵Ane tsitsi munomuitirawo netsitsi, Nomunhu wakarurama kwazvo, munomuitirawo zvakarurama;

²⁶With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

²⁶Akanaka munomuitirawo zvakanaka, nowakatsauka, munomuitirawo nehasha.

²⁷For you will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes you will bring down.

²⁷Nekuti muchaponesa vanhu vanotambudzika; Asi muchaderedza meso avanozvikudza.

²⁸For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

²⁸Nekuti imwi muchatungidza mwenje wangu; Jehovha Mwari wangu achavhenekera rima rangu.

²⁹For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.

²⁹Nekuti nemwi ndichavamba hondo, Kana ndina Mwari wangu ndichadarika rusvingo.

³⁰As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

³⁰Kana ari Mwari, nzira yake yakakwana kwazvo; Shoko raJehovha rakaidzwa; Ndiye nhovo yavose vanovimba naye.

³¹For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,

³¹Nekuti ndianiko Mwari, asi iye Jehovha? Ndianiko dombo, asi iye Mwari wedu?

³²Iye Mwari, anondisunga chiuno nesimba, Anokwanisa nzira yangu.

³³He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.

³³Anoita tsoka dzangu dzive setsoka dzenondokadzi, Anondiisa pamatunhu angu akakwirira.

³⁴He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

³⁴Anodzidzisa maoko angu kurwa; Naizvozvo maoko angu anobwembura uta bwendarira.

³⁵You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.

³⁵Makandipawo nhovo yokuponesa kwenyu; Ruoko rwenyu rworudyi rwakanditsigira, Uye unyoro bwenyu hwakandiita mukuru.

³⁶You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.

³⁶Makandiitira nzvimbo yakafarikana pandingatsika; Uye tsoka dzangu hadzina kutedzemuka.

³⁷I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.

³⁷Ndichateverera vavengi vangu nokuvabata. Handingadzokizve kusvikira vapedzwa.

³⁸I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.

³⁸Ndichavabaya, vakoniwe kusimuka; Vachawira pasi petsoka dzangu.

³⁹For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

³⁹Nekuti makandisunga chiuno nesimba rokurwa naro; Makandikundisa vaindimukira.

⁴⁰You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

⁴⁰Makatizisa vavengi vangu, Kuti ndiparadze vanondivenga.

⁴¹They cried, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn’t answer them.

⁴¹Vakachema, asi kwakanga kusina anoponesa, Kuna Jehovha, asi haana kuvapindura.

⁴²Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

⁴²Ipapo ndakavapwanya-pwanya seguruva pamberi pemhepo; Ndakavarashira kure samatope enzira dzomumusha.

⁴³You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

⁴³Makandirwira pakukakavadzana kwavanhu; Makandiita mukuru wendudzi; Vanhu vandakanga ndisingazivi, vachandishumira.

⁴⁴As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.

⁴⁴Vachateerera pakarepo kana vachindinzwa, Vatorwa vachanamata kwandiri.

⁴⁵The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places.

⁴⁵Vatorwa vachatorerwa simba, Vachabuda pavaivanda vachidedera.

⁴⁶Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,

⁴⁶Jehovha mupenyu; dombo rangu ngarikudzwe; Mwari wokuponeswa kwangu ngaarumbidzwe.

⁴⁷even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.

⁴⁷Ndiye Mwari anonditsivira, Anondikundisa ndudzi dzavanhu.

⁴⁸He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

⁴⁸Iye anondirwira kuvavengi vangu; Zvirokwazvo, munondisimudzira kumusoro kwavanondimukira. Munondirwira pamunhu anomanikidza.

⁴⁹Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.

⁴⁹Naizvozvo ndichakuvongai Jehovha, pakati pendudzi, Ndichaimbira zita renyu nziyo dzokukudza.

⁵⁰He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore.

⁵⁰Anopa mambo wake kuponeswa kukuru; ,Anoitira muzodzwa wake unyoro, Iye Dhavhidhi nomwana wake nokusingaperi.