A Song of degrees.
1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Ntembezelo we mahwilo ngoni
1 Ndomilidzila mesho angu kumuli,
imwi mugele mu tjigalo tje bushe kudzimu!
2 Sekwa mesho e balandalume
elinga luboko gwa tetshi wabo,
sekwa mesho e nlandakadzi
elinga luboko gwe nfumakadzi waanoshinga,
naswibo mesho edu anolinga kuna Yahwe Ndzimu wedu,
kuswikila betihwila ngoni.
3 Mutihwile ngoni, imwi Yahwe, mutihwile ngoni,
ngobe takatukwa kwagala.
4 Meya yedu izheligwe kupinda tjilizanyo
nge kudadigwa kwa ibabo bagedzikane
ne tukwa kukulu nge banozwikudza.