Mapisarema 120

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

A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he listened to me.

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

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

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

What should be given to you, and what should be added to you, for [your] crafty tongue?

4 Achakuranga nemiseve yakapinza yemhare, namazimbe anopfuta omuti womurara.

Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

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

Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar.

6 Ndakagara nguva refu pakati pavanovenga rugare.

My soul has long been a sojourner;

7 Ndiri munhu worugare; asi pandinotaura, ivo ndevehondo.

I was peaceful among them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.