1Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
2“Ndakanzwa zvinhu zvakawanda sezvizvi;
3Ko, kutaura kwenyu kwamadzokorora kwenguva refu hakuperiwo here?
4Neniwo ndaigona kutaura semi,
5Asi muromo wangu waizokukurudzirai:
6“Asi kana ndikataura, kurwadziwa kwangu hakuperi;
7Zvirokwazvo, imi Mwari, mandipedza simba;
8Makandisunga ini, uye chava chapupu;
9Mwari anondirova uye anondibvambura mukutsamwa kwake,
10Vanhu vanoshamisa miromo yavo kuti vandiseke;
11Mwari akandidzorera mumaoko avanhu vakaipa,
12Zvose zvakanga zvakanaka hazvo kwandiri, asi iye akandivhuna;
13vapfuri vake vemiseve vakandikomba.
14Nguva nenguva anondirwisa;
15“Ndakasona nguo dzamasaga kuti ndifukidze ganda rangu,
16Chiso changu chatsvuka nokuchema,
17asi zvazvo maoko angu haana kuita chisimba,
18“Iwe nyika, rega kufukidza ropa rangu;
19Kunyange iko zvino chapupu changu chiri kudenga;
20Murevereri wangu ndiye shamwari yangu,
21anomira pachinzvimbo chomunhu achikumbira kuna Mwari,