Mapisarema 141

1 Pisarema raDhavhidhi. Haiwa Jehovha, ndinodana kwamuri; kurumidzai kuuya kwandiri. Inzwai inzwi rangu pandinodana kwamuri.

A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry to thee: make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry to thee.

2 Munyengetero wangu ngauiswe pamberi penyu sezvinonhuhwira; kusimudzwa kwamaoko angu ngakuite sechibayiro chamadekwana.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

3 Isai murindi pamuromo wangu, imi Jehovha; chengetai mukova wemiromo yangu.

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

4 Mwoyo wangu ngaurege kukweverwa kune zvakaipa, kuti ndiitewo mabasa akaipa navanhu vanoita zvakaipa; ngandirege kudya zvinozipa zvavo.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

5 Akarurama ngaandirove, ndidzo tsitsi; ngaanditsiure, ndiwo mafuta pamusoro wangu. Musoro wangu hauzorambi izvozvo. Asi munyengetero wangu unorwisa mabasa avaiti vezvakaipa nguva dzose.

Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

6 Vatongi vavo vachakandwa kumawere, uye vakaipa vachadzidza kuti mashoko angu akanga akanaka kwazvo.

When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

7 Ivo vachati, “Sezvinoita anorima achiparura pasi, saizvozvo mapfupa edu akaparadzirwa pamuromo weguva.” (Sheol h7585)

Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. (Sheol h7585)

8 Asi meso angu anotarira kwamuri, imi Ishe Jehovha; ndinotizira kwamuri, regai kundiisa kurufu.

But my eyes are to thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

9 Ndichengetei pamisungo yavakanditeya nayo, napaugombe hwakadzikwa navaiti vezvakaipa.

Keep me from the traps which they have laid for me, and the snares of the workers of iniquity.

10 Vakaipa ngavawire mumimbure yavo, ini ndichipfuura napo norugare.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.