1Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
1Nditongerei Mwari, mundireverere pamhosva yangu parudzi rusina tsitsi; Ndirwirei pamunhu anonyengera asina kururama.
2For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
2nekuti ndimi Mwari simba rangu; mandirasireiko? Ndinofambireiko ndichichema nokuda kokumanikidza komuvengi?
3Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.
3Tumai chiedza chenyu nechokwadi chenyu; zvinditungamirire; Zvindisvitse kugomo renyu dzvene, Nokutabhenakeri dzenyu.
4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
4Ipapo ndichasvika kuaritari yaMwari, Kuna Mwari, iye mufaro wangu mukuru; Ndichakurumbidzai nembira, imwi Mwari, Mwari wangu.
5Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.
5Unosuwireiko, mweya wangu? Unoshaiwa rugare neiko mukati mangu? Tarira kuna Mwari; nekuti ndichazomurumbidza hangu, Iye muponesi wechiso changu, naMwari wangu.