Mapisarema 120

1 Rwiyo rworwendo. Ndinodana kuna Jehovha mukutambudzika kwangu, uye anondipindura.

A Canticle in steps. When troubled, I cried out to the Lord, and he heard me.

2 Haiwa Jehovha, ndiponesei pamiromo inoreva nhema, nendimi dzinonyengera.

O Lord, free my soul from lips of iniquity and from the deceitful tongue.

3 Achaiteiko kwauri, uye chimwe chiiko kunze kwezvizvi, iwe rurimi runonyengera?

What will be given to you, or what will be added to you, for a deceitful tongue?:

4 Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.

the sharp arrows of the powerful, along with the burning coals of desolation.

5 Ndine nhamo ini ndinogara muMesheki, kuti ndinogara pakati pamatende eKedhari!

Woe to me, for my sojourning has been prolonged. I have lived with the inhabitants of Kedar.

6 Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.

My soul has long been a sojourner.

7 Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.

With those who hated peace, I was peaceful. When I spoke to them, they fought against me without cause.