1 Yehova ndiye kuwunika kwanga ndi chipulumutso changa;

ndidzaopa yani?

Yehova ndi linga la moyo wanga;

ndidzachita mantha ndi yani?

2 Pamene anthu oyipa abwera kudzalimbana nane

kudzadya mnofu wanga,

pamene adani anga ndi achiwembu andithira nkhondo,

iwo adzapunthwa ndi kugwa.

3 Ngakhale gulu lankhondo lindizinge,

mtima wanga sudzaopa.

Ngakhale nkhondo itayambika kulimbana nane,

ngakhale nthawi imeneyo, ine ndidzalimbika mtima.

4 Chinthu chimodzi chokha chimene ndipempha kwa Yehova,

ichi ndi chimene ndidzachifunafuna:

kuti ndikhale mʼNyumba ya Yehova

masiku onse a moyo wanga,

ndi kuyangʼana kukongola kwa Yehova,

ndi kumufunafuna Iye mʼNyumba yake.

5 Pakuti pa tsiku la msautso

Iye adzanditeteza mʼmalo ake okhalamo;

adzandibisa mʼkati mwa Nyumba yake

ndi kukhazika ine pamwamba pa thanthwe.

6 Kotero mutu wanga udzakwezedwa

kuposa adani anga amene andizungulira;

pa Nyumba yake ndidzapereka nsembe ndi mfuwu wachimwemwe;

ndidzayimba nyimbo kwa Yehova.

7 Imvani mawu anga pamene ndiyitana Inu Yehova

mundichitire chifundo ndipo mundiyankhe.

8 Mtima wanga ukuti kwa Inu, "Funafuna nkhope yake!"

Nkhope yanu Yehova ndidzayifunafuna.

9 Musandibisire nkhope yanu,

musamubweze mtumiki wanu mwamkwiyo;

mwakhala muli thandizo langa.

Musandikane kapena kunditaya,

Inu Mulungu Mpulumutsi wanga.

10 Ngakhale abambo ndi amayi anga anditaya

Yehova adzandisamala.

11 Phunzitseni njira yanu Inu Yehova,

munditsogolere mʼnjira yowongoka

chifukwa cha ondizunza.

12 Musandipereke ku zokhumba za adani anga,

pakuti mboni zambiri zauka kutsutsana nane

ndipo zikundiopseza.

13 Ine ndikutsimikiza mtima za zimenezi;

ndidzaona ubwino wa Yehova

mʼdziko la anthu amoyo.

14 Dikirani pa Yehova;

khalani anyonga ndipo limbani mtima

nimudikire Yehova.