Mapisarema 18

¹Ndinokudai, imi Jehovha, simba rangu.

²Jehovha ndiye dombo rangu, nhare yangu, murwiri wangu;

³Ndinodana kuna Jehovha, iye akafanira kurumbidzwa,

⁴Mabote orufu akandipinganidza;

⁵Mabote eguva akandimonera;

⁶Pakutambudzika kwangu ndakadana kuna Jehovha;

⁷Nyika yakadedera ikadengenyeka,

⁸Utsi hwakakwira huchibva mumhino dzake;

⁹Akatsemura matenga akauya pasi;

¹⁰Akatasva makerubhi akabhururuka;

¹¹Akaita rima chifukidzo chake, denga rake rakamupoteredza,

¹²Nokupenya kwaibva pamberi pake, makore akabuda akafamba,

¹³Jehovha akatinhira kudenga;

¹⁴Akapfura miseve yake akaparadzira vavengi vake,

¹⁵Mipata yegungwa yakaiswa pachena,

¹⁶Akadzika pasi achibva kumusoro akanditora;

¹⁷Akandinunura kubva kuvavengi vangu vane simba,

¹⁸Vakandinanga pazuva renjodzi yangu,

¹⁹Akandibudisa akandiisa panzvimbo yakafarikana;

²⁰Jehovha akandiitira zvakafanira kururama kwangu;

²¹Nokuti ndakachengeta nzira dzaJehovha;

²²Mirayiro yake yose iri pamberi pangu;

²³Ndakanga ndisina chandingapomerwa pamberi pake,

²⁴Jehovha akandipa mubayiro zvakaringana nokururama kwangu,

²⁵Kuna vakatendeka munoratidza kutendeka kwenyu,

²⁶kuna vakachena munoratidza kuchena kwenyu,

²⁷Munoponesa vanozvininipisa,

²⁸Imi, iyemi Jehovha, munoita kuti mwenje wangu urambe uchipfuta;

²⁹Norubatsiro rwenyu ndichaenda kundorwa hondo;

³⁰Kana ari Mwari, nzira yake yakakwana;

³¹Nokuti ndianiko Mwari kunze kwaJehovha?

³²NdiMwari anondishongedza nesimba

³³Anoita kuti tsoka dzangu dzive setsoka dzenondo;

³⁴Anodzidzisa maoko angu kurwa;

³⁵Munondipa nhoo yenyu yokukunda,

³⁶Munondiitira nzira yakapamhama pasi pangu,

³⁷Ndakatevera vavengi vangu ndikavabata;

³⁸Ndakavapwanya kuti vakoniwe kusimuka;

³⁹Makandishongedza nesimba rokurwa;

⁴⁰Makaita kuti vavengi vangu vatize,

⁴¹Vakachemera kubatsirwa, asi hakuna akavaponesa,

⁴²Ndakavapura vakatsetseka seguruva ratakurwa nemhepo;

⁴³Makandirwira pakurwisa kwavanhu;

⁴⁴Pavanongondinzwa, vanonditeerera;

⁴⁵Vose vanoora mwoyo;

⁴⁶Jehovha mupenyu! Dombo rangu ngarirumbidzwe!

⁴⁷Ndiye Mwari anonditsivira,

⁴⁸anondiponesa pavavengi vangu.

⁴⁹Naizvozvo ndichakurumbidzai pakati pendudzi, imi Jehovha;

⁵⁰Anopa mambo wake kukunda kukuru;