Pisarema 52
Kumutungamiri wokuimba. Rwiyo rweMasikiri rwaDhavhidhi. Dhoegi muEdhomu paakanga aenda kuna Sauro akamuudza kuti: “Dhavhidhi aenda kumba kwaAhimereki.”
1 Ko, unozvikudzirei pane zvakaipa, iwe murume wesimba?
Unozvikudzirei zuva rose,
iyewe unonyadzisa pamberi paMwari?
2 Rurimi rwako runofarira zvokuparadza;
rwakaita sechisvo chakarodzwa,
iyewe unogara uchingonyengera.
3 Unoda zvakaipa pachinzvimbo chezvakanaka,
kureva nhema pachinzvimbo chokutaura chokwadi.
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4 Unoda shoko rimwe nerimwe rinoparadza,
iwe rurimi runonyengera!
5 Zvirokwazvo Mwari achakuburutsira kukuparadzwa kusingaperi:
Achakubvuta agokubvisa mutende rako;
achakudzura kubva munyika yavapenyu.
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6 Vakarurama vachazviona uye vachatya;
vachamuseka vachiti,
7 “Houno zvino munhu asina kuita Mwari nhare yake,
asi aivimba nepfuma yake zhinji,
uye aisimba nokuparadza vamwe!”
8 Asi ini ndakaita somuti
womuorivhi unokura zvakanaka mumba maMwari;
ndinovimba norudo rusingaperi rwaMwari,
nokusingaperi-peri.
9 Ndichakurumbidzai, nokusingaperi nokuda kwezvamakaita;
ndichavimba nezita renyu, nokuti zita renyu rakanaka.