¹Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

¹Ndinzwirei tsitsi, Mwari; nekuti vanhu vanotsvaka kundimedza; Zuva rose vanorwa neni vachindimanikidza.

²My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

²Vavengi vangu vanoda kundimedza zuva rose, nekuti vanorwa neni vachizvikudza vazhinji.

³When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

³Panguva yandinotya, Ndichavimba nemi.

⁴In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

⁴MunaMwari ndicharumbidza shoko rake; Ndakavimba naMwari, handingatyi; Nyama ingandiiteiko?

⁵All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁵Zuva rose vanoshandura mashoko angu; Mifungo yavo yose inondifungira zvakaipa.

⁶They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

⁶Vanoungana, vanovanda, Vanocherekedza makwara angu, Kana vachivandira mweya wangu.

⁷Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.

⁷Vachapukunyuka nenzira yezvakaipa here? Paradzai vanhu nokutsamwa kwenyu, Mwari.

⁸You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren’t they in your book?

⁸imwi munoverenga madzungairiro angu; Isai misodzi yangu mumidziyo yenyu; Haizi murugwaro rwenyu here?

⁹Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.

⁹ipapo vavengi vangu vachadzokera shure nomusi wandinodana; Ndinoziva chinhu ichi, kuti Mwari ari kurutivi rwangu.

¹⁰In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.

¹⁰MunaMwari ndicharumbidza shoko rake; MunaJehovha ndicharumbidza shoko rake.

¹¹I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

¹¹Ndakavimba naMwari, handingatyi; Vanhu vangandiiteiko?

¹²Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

¹²Ndinosungwa nezvandakakupikirai Mwari; Ndichakuvigirai zvipiriso zvokuvonga nazvo.

¹³For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

¹³Nekuti makarwira mweya wangu parufu; hongu makumbo angu pakugumburwa. Kuti ndifambe pamberi paMwari Muchiedza choupenyu.