¹Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.

¹Rerekerai nzeve yenyu kumunyengetero wangu, Mwari; Regai kuzvivanza pakukumbira kwangu.

²Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

²Nditeererei, mundipindure. Ndinodzungaira mukuchema kwangu, ndichivuvura;

³Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

³Nokuda kwenzwi romuvengi, Nokuda kokumanikidza kowakaipa; , nekuti vanondipomera zvakaipa, Vanonditambudza nokutsamwa kwavo.

⁴My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

⁴moyo wangu unorwadziwa kwazvo mukati mangu; Garudzo rorufu rakandiwira,

⁵Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.

⁵Kutya nokubvunda zvakandiwira. Kutya kukuru kwakandifukidza.

⁶I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

⁶Ini ndakati, Haiwa, dai ndaiva namapapiro senjiva! Ndaibhururuka, ndikandozorora.

⁷Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.

⁷Tarirai, ndingadai ndaitizira kure, Ndaindogara kurenje.

⁸Ndaikurumidza kundovanda, Nditize mhepo inovhuvhuta nedutu guru.

⁹Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

⁹Paradzai, Ishe mukanganise marimi avo; nekuti ndakaona kumanikidza nokurwa muguta.

¹⁰Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

¹⁰Masikati novusiku vanoripoteredza pamasvingo aro; Zvakaipawo nezvakashata zviri mukati maro.

¹¹Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.

¹¹Kushata kuri pakati paro; Kumanikidza nokunyengera hazvibvi panzira dzaro.

¹²For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.

¹²Nekuti akanga asi muvengi akandishora; Ipapo ndaigona kutsunga; Akanga asi iye aindivenga akazvikudza kwandiri; Ipapo ndaimuvanda.

¹³But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.

¹³Asi wakange uriwe, munhu wakaenzana neni, Shamwari yangu, nomuzikamwi wangu.

¹⁴We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company.

¹⁴Taisirangana zvakanaka, Taifamba mumba maMwari pamwechete navanhu vazhinji.

¹⁵Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. . For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.

¹⁵Rufu ngaruvawire kamwe-kamwe, Ngavaburikire kuSheori vari vapenyu, nekuti kushata kuri paugaro hwavo, imo mukati mavo.

¹⁶As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.

¹⁶Kana ndirini, ndichadana kuna Mwari; Jehovha achandiponesa.

¹⁷Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

¹⁷Madekwana namangwanani namasikati ndichachema ndichivuvura; Iye achanzwa inzwi rangu.

¹⁸He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.

¹⁸Wakadzikunura mweya wangu nerugare, kukasava nomumwe akaswedera kwandiri, nekuti vakanga vachirwa neni, vaiva vazhinji.

¹⁹God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don’t fear God.

¹⁹Mwari achanzwa, achavapindura, Iye aripo kare nakare. Nekuti havashanduki, Havatyi Mwari.

²⁰He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.

²⁰Wakatambanudzira maoko ake kuna vaiva norugare naye; Wakashora sungano yake.

²¹His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

²¹Mashoko omuromo wake akatedza samafuta, Asi kurwa kwakanga kuri pamoyo pake; Mashoko ake akanga ari manyoro kupfuura mafuta, Kunyange zvakadaro yaiva minondo yakavhomorwa.

²²Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

²²Kandira mutoro wako pamusoro paJehovha, iye achakusimbisa; Haangatongotenderi akarurama kuti azununguswe.

²³But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

²³Asi imwi Mwari muchavaburusira kugomba rokuparadzwa; Vanhu vanokarira ropa navanonyengera havangapedzi hafu yamazuva avo; Asi ini ndichavimba nemi.