Mapisarema 120

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

A Song of degrees. In my trouble I called unto Jehovah, and he answered me.

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

Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.

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

What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

4 Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood.

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

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

6 Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.

My soul hath long dwelt with them that hate peace.

7 Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.

I [am for] peace; but when I speak, they [are] for war.