Mapisarema 144

¹Ngaarumbidzwe Jehovha, dombo rangu, Anodzidzisa maoko angu kurwa, Neminwe yangu kufura;Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

²Unyoro hwangu, nenhare yangu, Shongwe yangu yakakwirira, nomurwiri wangu; nhovo yangu, uye iye wandinovimba naye; Anoisa vanhu vangu pasi pangu.My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

³Jehovha, munhu chinyiko, zvamune hanya naye? Kana Mwanakomana womunhu, zvamunomurangarira?LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

⁴Munhu akafanana nomweya; Mazuva ake anenge mumvuri unopfuura.Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

⁵Kotamisa kudenga-denga kwenyu Jehovha, muburuke; Gunzvai makomo, apfungaire hutsi.Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

⁶Penyesai mheni, muvaparadze; Furai miseve yenyu, muvavhunduse.Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

⁷Tambanudzai ruoko rwenyu muri kumusoro; Ndisunungurei, mundirwire pamvura zhinji, Naparuoko rwavatorwa;Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

⁸Avo vanotaura zvisina maturo nomuromo wavo, Uye ruoko rwavo rworudyi ndirwo ruoko rworudyi rwenhema.Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹Mwari ndichakuimbirai rwiyo rutsva; Ndichakuimbirai nziyo dzokurumbidza nomutengeranwa une ungiso dzine gumi.I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

¹⁰Ndimi munopa madzimambo kuponeswa, Munorwira Dhavhidhi muranda wenyu pamunondo unokuvadza.It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

¹¹Ndisunungurei, mundirwire paruoko rwavatorwa, Vanotaura zvisina maturo nomuromo wavo, Uye ruoko rwavo rworudyi ndirwo ruoko rworudyi rwenhema.Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

¹²Vanakomana vedu vachava semiti yakakura kwazvo pautsva hwayo; Uye vanasikana vedu samabwe ekona akavezwa sezvinovezerwa imba yamambo;That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

¹³Matura edu achazara nezviyo zvamarudzi ose; Namakwai edu achabereka zviuru negumi rezviuru kumafuro edu.That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

¹⁴Nzombe dzedu dzichatakudzwa zvizhinji; Hatingaputsirwi madziro, kana kubuda kundorwa, Hakungavi nemhere inoridzwa panzira dzomumusha medu;That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

¹⁵Vanomufaro vanhu avo, vanoitirwa saizvozvo; Vanomufaro vanhu avo, Mwari wavo ari Jehovha.Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.