Mapisarema 120

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

In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me.

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

O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

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

What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue.

4 Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.

The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

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

Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of cedar:

6 Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.

My soul hath been long a sojourner.

7 Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.

With them that hate peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.