1 “Asi zvino, Jobho, chinzwa mashoko angu;
2 Ndava kuchizoshamisa muromo wangu;
3 Mashoko angu anobva pamwoyo wakarurama;
4 Mweya waMwari wakandiita;
5 Ndipindure zvino, kana uchigona;
6 Ini ndakangoita sewe pamberi paMwari;
7 Kutyisa kwangu hakufaniri kukuvhundutsa,
8 “Asi wakati ini ndichizvinzwa,
9 ‘Ndakachena uye handina chivi;
10 Asi Mwari awana mhosva neni;
11 Anosunga makumbo angu nezvisungo;
12 “Asi ndinokuudza kuti pachinhu ichi hauna kururama,
13 Seiko uchimunyunyutira
14 Nokuti Mwari anotaura zvino neimwe nzira,
15 Mukurota, uye muchiratidzo chousiku,
16 angangotaura munzeve dzavo uye
17 kuti adzore munhu pakuita zvakaipa,
18 kuti achengetedze mweya wake pagomba,
19 Kana kuti munhu angarangwa panhoo yokurwadziwa,
20 saka upenyu hwake chaihwo hunosemburwa nezvokudya,
21 Anoonda kusvikira apera,
22 Mweya wake unoswedera kugomba,
23 “Asi kana kurutivi rwake kuine mutumwa somurevereri,
24 kuti amunzwire tsitsi agoti,
25 ipapo nyama yake inovandudzwa ikafanana neyomwana;
26 Anonyengetera kuna Mwari agowana nyasha kwaari,
27 Ipapo anosvika kuvanhu agoti,
28 Akadzikinura mweya wangu pakupinda mugomba,
29 “Mwari anoita zvinhu zvose izvi kumunhu,
30 kudzora mweya wake pakupinda mugomba,
31 “Chinzwa, Jobho, uye urerekere nzeve dzako kwandiri;
32 Kana unacho chokureva, ndipindure;
33 Asi kana zvisakadaro, chinzwa zvino kwandiri;