¹ Mzimu wanga watha, masiku anga atha; manda andikonzera. ² Zowonadi pali onyoza pamodzi ndi ine; diso langa liyenera kuwona kuyipidwa kwawo nthawi zonse. ³ Pereka tsopano chikole, ukhale chikole pa ine ndi iwe; alipo winanso amene angandithandize? ⁴ Chifukwa imwe, Mulungu, munateteza mitima yawo kuti isamvetsetse; chifukwa chake, simudzawakweza pamwamba panga. ⁵ Wotsutsa abwenzi ace kuti am’patse mphotho; Maso a ana ace adzalephera. ⁶ Koma andisandutsa mwambi wa anthu; andilavulira kunkhope. ⁷ Diso langa nalonso lafota chifukwa cha chisoni; ziwalo zonse za thupi langa ndi zoonda ngati mthunzi. ⁸ Anthu owongoka mtima adzadabwa ndi izi; munthu wosalakwa adzalimbana ndi anthu osapembedza. ⁹ Wolungama asungabe panjira yake; iye amene ali ndi manja oyera adzakulira mphamvu. ¹⁰ Koma inu nonse, bwerani tsopano; Sindipeza munthu wanzeru pakati panu. ¹¹ Masiku anga apita; zolinga zanga zawonongeka, komanso zokhumba za mtima wanga. ¹² Anthu awa, onyoza awa, amasintha usiku kukhala usana; kuunika kuli pafupi ndi mdima. ¹³ Ngati nyumba yokha yomwe ndikuyembekezera ndi Manda; ¹⁴ ndipo ngati ndiyala kama wanga mumdima; Ndipo ndikanena ndi dzenje, Iwe ndiwe atate wanga, ndi nyongolotsi, Ndiwe amayi wanga, kapena mlongo wanga, ¹⁵ Ponena za chiyembekezo changa, ndani angawone chilichonse? ¹⁶ Kodi chiyembekezo chidzatsikira ndi ine pazipata za manda tikamatsika kufumbi? "