¹ "O, mukadagawa kumwamba ndikutsika! Mapiri akadagwedezeka pamaso panu, monga momwe moto umayatsa nkhuni, ² kapena moto umawiritsa madzi. O, dzina lanu lidziwike ndi adani anu, kuti amitundu akunjenjemera pamaso panu! ³ M'mbuyomu, pomwe mudachita zodabwitsa zomwe sitimayembekezera, mudatsika, ndipo mapiri adanjenjemera chifukwa chakupezekapo kwanu. ⁴ Kuyambira kalekale palibe amene adamva kapena kuzindikira, kapena diso kudawona Mulungu wina koma inu, amene amachitira Iye amene amdikira Iye. ⁵ Mukubwera kudzathandiza iwo amene amasangalala kuchita zabwino, amene amakumbukira njira zanu ndi kuzitsatira. Munakwiya pamene tinachimwa. Panjira zanu tidzapulumutsidwa nthawi zonse. ⁶ Pakuti tonse takhala ngati wodetsedwa, ndipo ntchito zathu zonse zolungama zili ngati nsanza yakusamba. Tonse tafota ngati masamba; mphulupulu zathu zitiuluza monga mphepo. ⁷ Palibe amene amayitana dzina lanu, amene amayesetsa kukugwirani. Pakuti mwatibisira nkhope yanu, ndipo mwatitayitsa m'manja a mphulupulu zathu. ⁸ Komatu Yehova, inu ndinu atate wathu; ndife dongo. Inu ndinu wotiumba wathu; ndipo ife tonse ndife ntchito ya dzanja lanu. ⁹ Musakwiye kwambiri, Yehova, ndipo musakumbukire zolakwa zathu nthawi zonse. Chonde yang'anani pa ife tonse, anthu anu ¹⁰ Midzi yanu yopatulika yasanduka chipululu; Ziyoni wasanduka chipululu, ndi Yerusalemu bwinja. ¹¹ Kachisi wathu woyera ndi wokongola, pomwe makolo athu adakutamandani, wawonongedwa ndi moto, ndipo zonse zomwe zidakondedwa zawonongedwa. ¹² Nanga ungabebe bwanji, Yehova? Kodi mungakhale bwanji chete ndikupitiliza kutichititsa manyazi? "