Mapisarema 12

¹Batsirai, Jehovha; nokuti vanoda Mwari vopera; Nokuti vakatendeka havachipo pakati pavana vavanhu.Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

²Vanotaura mumwe nomumwe zvisina maturo nowokwake; Vanotaura nomuromo unobata kumeso, uye nemoyo miviri.They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

³Jehovha achagura miromo yose inobata kumeso, Norurimi runotaura zvinhu zvikuru;The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

⁴Ivo vakati, Tichakunda norurimi rwedu; Miromo yedu ndeyedu; ndianiko angava ishe wedu?Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

⁵Nokuda kwokumanikidzwa kwavarombo, nokugomera kwavanoshaiwa, Ndichamuka zvino nokuda kwaizvozvo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; Ndichamuisa pakasimba ipo paanoshuva.For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

⁶Mashoko aJehovha mashoko akachena; Sesirivha yakaidzwa mubisiro panyika, Yakanatswa kanomwe.The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

⁷Muchavachengeta, Jehovha, Muchavachengeta parudzi urwu nokusingaperi.Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

⁸Vakaipa vanofamba pamativi ose, Kana zvakashata zvichikudzwa pakati pavanakomana vavanhu.The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.