¹I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

¹Ndichaimba ndichireva tsitsi dzaJehovha nokusingaperi; Ndichaparidza nomuromo wangu kutendeka kwenyu kumarudzi namarudzi.

²I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”

²nekuti ndakati: Tsitsi dzichavakwa nokusingaperi, Muchasimbisa kutendeka kwenyu mukudenga-denga mumene.

³“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,

³Ndakaita sungano nomusanangurwa wangu, Ndakapika kumuranda wangu Dhavhidhi, ndichiti,

⁴‘I will establish your seed forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.

⁴Ndichamisa vana vako nokusingaperi, Nokuvaka chigaro chako choushe kusvikira kumarudzi namarudzi.

⁵The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

⁵Kudenga-denga kucharumbidza zvishamiso zvenyu, Jehovha; Nokutendeka kwenyuwo paungano yavatsvene.

⁶For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,

⁶Nekuti ndianiko mudenga rose angaenzaniswa naJehovha? Ndianiko pakati pavanakomana vaMwari akafanana naJehovha?

⁷a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

⁷Iye Mwari anotyiwa zvikuru paungano yavatsvene, Anofanira kutyiwa kupfuura vose vanomupoteredza.

⁸Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.

⁸Haiwa, Jehovha, Mwari wehondo, Ndianiko ane simba, akafanana nemi, Jehovha? Kutendeka kwenyu kunokukomberedzai.

⁹You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.

⁹Ndimi munobata kuzvikudza kwegungwa; Kana mafungu aro achisimuka, ndimi munowanyaradza.

¹⁰You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

¹⁰Makaputsanya Rahabhi, somunhu akaurawa; Makaparadzira vavengi venyu noruoko rwenyu rune simba.

¹¹The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

¹¹Kudenga-denga ndokwenyu, napasi ndopenyuwo; Nyika nezvose zvayo, ndimi makazviteya.

¹²The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

¹²Kumusoro nenyasi, ndimi makazvisika; Tabhori neHerimoni anofara nezita renyu.

¹³You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

¹³Munoruoko rune simba; Chanza chenyu chine simba, ruoko rwenyu rworudyi rwakasimudzwa.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

¹⁴Kururama nokururamisa ndidzo nheyo dzechigaro chenyu choushe; tsitsi nechokwadi zvinokutungamirirai.

¹⁵Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

¹⁵Vakaropafadzwa vanhu vanoziva inzwi romufaro; Vanofamba, Jehovha, muchiedza chechiso chenyu.

¹⁶In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.

¹⁶Vanofara muzita renyu zuva rose; Vanosimudzwa nokururama kwenyu.

¹⁷For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

¹⁷Nekuti imwi muri kubwinya kwesimba ravo; Runyanga rwedu ruchasimudzwa netsitsi dzenyu.

¹⁸For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁸Nekuti nhovo yedu ndeyaJehovha; Namambo wedu ndowoMutsvene waIsiraeri.

¹⁹Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.

¹⁹Panguva iyo makataura navatsvene venyu pakuzviratidza kwenyu, Mukati, Ndakabatsira mhare; Ndakasimudza mumwe wakasanangurwa pakati pavanhu.

²⁰I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,

²⁰Ndakawana Dhavhidhi muranda wangu; Ndakamuzodza namafuta angu matsvene;

²¹with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.

²¹Chanza changu chichasimbiswa naye; Ruoko rwanguvo ruchamusimbisa.

²²No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

²²Muvengi haangamumanikidzi; Mwanakomana wezvakaipa haangamutambudzi.

²³I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

²³Ndichaparadza vadzivisi vake pamberi pake, Ndicharova vanomuvenga.

²⁴But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.

²⁴Asi kutendeka kwangu netsitsi dzangu zvichava naye; Runyanga rwake ruchasimudzwa nezita rangu.

²⁵I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

²⁵Ndichaisawo ruoko rwake pamusoro pegungwa, Noruoko rwake rworudyi pamusoro penzizi.

²⁶He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’

²⁶Iye achadana kwandiri, achiti, Ndimi baba vangu, Mwari wangu, nedombo rokuponeswa kwangu.

²⁷I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁷Ndichamuitawo dangwe rangu, Mukuru wamadzimambo apasi.

²⁸I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.

²⁸Ndichamuchengetera tsitsi dzangu nokusingaperi, Sungano yangu icharamba yakasimba kwaari.

²⁹I will also make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

²⁹Vana vake ndichavagarisawo nokusingaperi, Chigaro chake choushe chichafanana namazuva okudenga.

³⁰If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;

³⁰Kana vana vake vakasiya murayiro wangu, Vakasafamba nezvandakatonga;

³¹if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments;

³¹Kana vakazvidza zvandakatema, Vakasachengeta mirau yangu;

³²then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³²Ipapo ndichavaranga neshamhu pamusoro pokudarika kwavo, Uye nokurova pamusoro pokuipa kwavo.

³³But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

³³Asi handingamutoreri unyoro hwangu chose, Kana kutendera kutendeka kwangu kuitiswa nhema.

³⁴I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

³⁴Sungano yangu handingaizvidzi, Kana kushandura chinhu chakabuda pamuromo wangu.

³⁵Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

³⁵Ndakapika kamwe chete neutsvene hwangu; Handingarevi nhema kuna Dhavhidhi;

³⁶His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

³⁶Vana vake vachavapo nokusingaperi, Chigaro chake choushe chichafanana nezuva pamberi pangu.

³⁷It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.

³⁷Chichasimbiswa nokusingaperi somwedzi, Sechapupu chakatendeka chiri kudenga.

³⁸But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

³⁸Asi imwi makarasha nokuramba, Makatsamwira muzodzwa wenyu.

³⁹You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

³⁹Makasema sungano yomuranda wenyu; Makazvidza korona yake mukaikandira pasi.

⁴⁰You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴⁰Makaputsa madziro ake ose; Makaita nhare dzake matongo.

⁴¹All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴¹Vose vanopfuura nenzira vanopamba nhumbi dzake; Wava chinhu chinosekwa navaanogara navo.

⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

⁴²Makasimudza ruoko rworudyi rwavadzivisi vake; Makafadza vavengi vake vose.

⁴³Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.

⁴³Zvirokwazvo, munodzosa munondo wake unopinza, Hamuna kumusimbisa pakurwa.

⁴⁴You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁴Makagumisa kubwinya kwake, Makawisira pasi chigaro chake choushe.

⁴⁵You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁵Makatapudza mazuva ohujaya hwake; Makamufukidza nokunyara.

⁴⁶How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁶Jehovha, muchazvivanza nokusingaperi kusvikira rinhiko? Kutsamwa kwenyu kuchapisa somoto kusvikira rinhiko?

⁴⁷Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men!

⁴⁷Haiwa, rangarirai kuti nguva yangu ipfupi kwazvo; Kuti makasikira vana vavanhu vose zvinhu zvisina maturo kwazvo!

⁴⁸What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. ? Selah.

⁴⁸Ndoupiko munhu angararama akasaona kufa, Angarwira mweya wake pasimba reSheori here?

⁴⁹Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness?

⁴⁹Ishe, unyoro bwenyu hwakare huripiko, Hwamakapika kuna Dhavhidhi nokutendeka kwenyu here?

⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

⁵⁰Rangarirai, Ishe, kushorwa kwavaranda venyu; Kuti ndinotakura muchipfuva changu kushora kwavanhu vazhinji;

⁵¹With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

⁵¹Uko kwakashora vavengi venyu nako, Jehovha, Kwavakashora nako makwara omuzodzwa wenyu.

⁵²Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV

⁵²Jehovha ngaavongwe nokusingaperi. Ameni, zvirokwazvo, Ameni.