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2 “Mucharamba muchishungurudza mweya wangu*+ kusvikira riini,

Muchindipwanya nemashoko?+

 3 Mandituka* kagumi aka;

Hamunyari kundibata zveutsinye.+

 4 Uye kana paine chandakakanganisa zvechokwadi,

Chivi changu chichangoramba chiri changu.

 5 Kana mukaramba muchizvikwidziridza pamusoro pangu,

Muchiona sekuti zvakakodzera kuti munditsoropodze,

 6 Ibvai maziva kuti Mwari ndiye akanditsausa,

Uye akandibata mumambure ake ekuvhimisa.

 7 Onai! Ndinoramba ndichishevedzera kuti, ‘Ndakuvadzwa!’ asi handipindurwi;+

Ndinoramba ndichichemera kubatsirwa, asi hapana anonditonga zvakarurama.+

 8 Akavhara nzira yangu nerusvingo rwematombo, uye handikwanisi kupfuura;

Akaita kuti migwagwa yangu ive rima rega rega.+

 9 Akabvisa kukudzwa kwangu

Uye akabvisa korona mumusoro mangu.

10 Anondipwanya kumativi ese kusvikira ndaparara;

Anodzura tariro yangu semuti.

11 Anondivirukira nehasha,

Uye anondiona semuvengi wake.+

12 Mauto ake anoungana ondikomba,

Uye anodzika musasa akakomberedza tende rangu.

13 Akadzingira hama dzangu kure neni,

Uye vaya vanondiziva vandisiya.+

14 Shamwari dzangu dzepedyo* hadzisisipo,

Uye vaya vandainyatsoziva vandikanganwa.+

15 Vaenzi vari mumba mangu+ nevarandasikana vangu vanondiona semumwe munhuwo zvake;

Vanondiona semubvakure.

16 Ndinoshevedza mushandi wangu, asi haadavire;

Ndinomukumbira nemuromo wangu kuti andinzwire tsitsi.

17 Mweya unobuda mukanwa mangu wava kusemesa mudzimai wangu,+

Uye ndava kunhuhwira vana vaamai vangu chaivo.

18 Kunyange vana vadiki vanondizvidza;

Pandinosimuka, vanotanga kudanidzira vachindinyomba.

19 Shamwari dzangu dzepedyo dzese dzinondisema,+

Uye vaya vandaida vandipandukira.+

20 Mapfupa angu anamatirana neganda rangu nenyama yangu,+

Uye ndinopona nepaburi retsono.*

21 Ndinzwireiwo tsitsi, shamwari dzangu, ndinzwireiwo tsitsi,

Nekuti ndabatwa neruoko rwaMwari.+

22 Munorambireiko muchinditambudza sezviri kuitwa naMwari,+

Muchingondirwisa musingazorori?*+

23 Dai mashoko angu ainyorwa hawo pasi,

Dai ainyorwa mubhuku!

24 Dai aiita zvekutemerwa padombo

Nechinyoreso chesimbi nemutobvu!

25 Nekuti ndinonyatsoziva kuti mudzikinuri wangu+ mupenyu;

Achazouya, omira pamusoro penyika.*

26 Pashure pekunge ganda rangu raparadzwa saizvozvo,

Ndichiine nyama yangu, ndichaona Mwari,

27 Wandichazvionera ndega,

Wandichaona nemaziso angu, kwete emumwe munhu.+

29 Ityai bakatwa,+

Nekuti bakatwa rinoranga vakanganisa;

Munofanira kuziva kuti kune mutongi.”+