Mapisarema 17
1 Munyengetero waDhavhidhi. Inzwai, imi Jehovha, mukumbiro wangu wakarurama; inzwai kuchema kwangu. Rerekerai nzeve yenyu kumunyengetero wangu, usingabvi pamiromo inonyengera.
A PRAYER OF DAVID. Hear, O YHWH, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit.
2 Kururamiswa kwangu ngakubve kwamuri; meso enyu ngaaone zvakarurama.
My judgment goes out from before You; Your eyes see uprightly.
3 Kunyange mukaedza mwoyo wangu uye mukandiongorora usiku, kunyange mukandiedza, hamungawani chinhu; ndakazvisunga kuti muromo wangu urege kutadza.
You have proved my heart, You have inspected by night, You have tried me, You find nothing; My thoughts do not pass over my mouth.
4 Kana ari mabasa avanhu, neshoko remiromo yenyu, ndakanzvenga nzira dzouyo anoita nechisimba.
As for doings of man, Through a word of Your lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;
5 Nhambwe dzangu dzakarambira panzira dzenyu; tsoka dzangu hadzina kutedzemuka.
To uphold my goings in Your paths, My steps have not slipped.
6 Haiwa Mwari, ndinodana kwamuri, nokuti muchandipindura; rerekerai nzeve yenyu kwandiri, munzwe munyengetero wangu.
I called You, for You answer me, O God, incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
7 Ratidzai kushamisa kworudo rwenyu rukuru, imi munoponesa noruoko rwenyu rworudyi, avo vanovanda vavengi vavo mamuri.
Separate Your kindness wonderfully, O Savior of the confiding, By Your right hand, from withstanders.
8 Ndichengetei semboni yeziso renyu; ndivanzei pasi pomumvuri wamapapiro enyu,
Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings,
9 kubva kuno wakaipa anondirwisa, kubva kuvavengi vangu, vanoda kundiuraya, vakandikomberedza.
From the face of the wicked who spoiled me, [From] my enemies in soul who go around against me.
10 Vanodzivira mwoyo yavo yakavangarara, uye miromo yavo inotaura nokuzvikudza.
They have closed up their fat, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
11 Vakandironda, zvino vandikomba, vanocherechedza nameso avo kuti vandiwisire pasi.
“Our steps have now surrounded [him]”; They set their eyes to turn aside in the land.
12 Vakaita seshumba ine nzara yechokudya, seshumba huru yakavandira pakavanda.
His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.
13 Haiwa, Jehovha, simukai, mirai pamberi pavo, vawisirei pasi; ndirwirei nomunondo wenyu pano wakaipa.
Arise, O YHWH, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Your sword,
14 Haiwa, Jehovha, ndiponesei noruoko rwenyu kubva kuvanhu vakadai, kubva kuvanhu venyika ino vano mubayiro uri muupenyu huno. Munopedza nzara yaavo vamunoda; vanakomana vavo vane zvakawanda, uye vanounganidzira vana vavo pfuma.
From men, Your hand, O YHWH, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Your hidden things You fill their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons, And have left their abundance to their sucklings.
15 Zvino ini mukururama, ndichaona chiso chenyu; pandinomuka, ndichagutswa nokuona mufananidzo wenyu.
I—in righteousness, I see Your face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Your form!
