Mapisarema 120

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

A song of degrees. I called vnto the Lord in my trouble, and hee heard me.

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

Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull tongue.

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

What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?

4 Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.

It is as the sharpe arrowes of a mightie man, and as the coales of iuniper.

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

Woe is to me that I remaine in Meschech, and dwell in the tentes of Kedar.

6 Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.

My soule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

7 Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.

I seeke peace, and when I speake thereof, they are bent to warre.