Mapisarema 64

¹Inzwai inzwi rangu, Mwari, pakuchema kwangu; Chengetai upenyu hwangu ndirege kutyiswa nomuvengi.Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

²Ndivanzei pakurangana kwakavanda kwavanoita zvakaipa; Pabope ravanobata zvakaipa;Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

³Ivo vakarodza rurimi rwavo somunondo, Vakashumba miseve yavo, iwo mashoko anovava;Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

⁴Kuti vafure akarurama, vakavanda ivo; Kamwe-kamwe vanomufura, vasingatyi.That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

⁵Vanotsungirira pazano rakaipa; Vanorangana kuteya misungo pakavanda; Vanoti, Ndianiko angazviona?They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

⁶Vanofungisa zvakaipa; Vanoti, Tapedza kufungisa zano guru; Kufunga kwomukati kwomumwe nomumwe, nomoyo, zvakadzika.They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

⁷Asi Mwari achavapfura, Vachakuvadzwa kamwe-kamwe nomuseve.But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

⁸Naizvozvo vachagumbuswa, ndimi dzavo dzichivapupurira zvakaipa; Vose vanovaona vachadzungudza musoro.So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

⁹Vanhu vose vachatya; Vachaparidza basa raMwari, Vachicherekedza zvakanaka zvaanoita.And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

¹⁰Vakarurama vachafara muna Jehovha, vachavimba naye; Vose vane moyo yakarurama vachafara kwazvo.The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.