¹Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

¹Jehovha Mwari wangu, ndinovimba nemi; Ndiponesei kuna vose vanonditeverera, mundirwire;

²lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

²Kuti arege kubvambura mweya wangu seshumba, aubvamburanye, ndichishaiwa anondirwira.

³Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

³Jehovha Mwari wangu, kana ndichinge ndakaita izvozvi; Kana zvakaipa zvirimo mumaoko angu;

⁴if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

⁴Kana ndichinge ndakaitira zvakaipa munhu aiva noukama neni; (Izvo, ndakanunura waiva mudzivisi wangu pasina mhosva;)

⁵let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

⁵Muvengi ngaateverere mweya wangu, aubate; Ngaatsikire upenyu hwangu pasi, Aise kukudzwa kwangu muguruva.

⁶Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

⁶Mukai mundirwire Jehovha pakutsamwa kwenyu; mukirai hasha dzavadzivisi vangu; Mumuke nokuda kwangu; ndimwi makaraira kuti zvakarurama zviitwe.

⁷Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.

⁷Ungano yendudzi dzavanhu ngaikupoteredzei; Mudzokere kumusoro pamusoro pavo.

⁸Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.

⁸Jehovha anotonga ndudzi dzavanhu; Nditongei Jehovha sokururama kwangu, uye nechokwadi zviri mandiri.

⁹Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

⁹Haiwa, kuipa kwavakaipa ngakugume, asi simbisai akarurama; nekuti Mwari akarurama anoidza moyo netsvo.

¹⁰My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

¹⁰nhovo yangu iri kuna Mwari, Iye anoponesa vane moyo yakarurama.

¹¹God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.

¹¹Mwari unotonga vakarurama, Zvirokwazvo, ndiMwari unotsamwira wakaipa zuva rimwe nerimwe.

¹²If a man doesn’t relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.

¹²Kana munhu asingatendeuki, iye acharodza munondo wake; Akakunga uta hwake, akahugadzira.

¹³He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.

¹³Akamugadzirirawo nhumbi dzokuuraya nadzo; Anoitira vadzingiriri miseve inopisa.

¹⁴Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

¹⁴Tarira, anotambudzika pakubereka zvakaipa; Zvirokwazvo, akava nemimba yezvakashata, akabereka nhema.

¹⁵He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

¹⁵Akachera hunza, akaidzikisa, Akawira mugomba raakachera iye.

¹⁶The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

¹⁶Zvakashata zvake zvichadzokera pamusoro wake amene, Uye kumanikidza kwake kuchauya pamusoro pedehenya rake.

¹⁷I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.

¹⁷Ndichavonga Jehovha nokuda kokururama kwake; Ndichaimbira zita raJehovha Wekumusoro-soro.