1 Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
2 “Teereresai mashoko angu; uku ngakuve kunyaradza kwamunondipa.
3 Ndiitirei mwoyo murefu ndichitaura hangu, uye kana ndapedza kutaura, murambe muchiseka henyu.
4 “Ko, kunyunyuta kwangu kwakanangana navanhu here? Ndingatadza seiko kuora mwoyo?
5 Nditarirei mushamiswe; mufumbire muromo wenyu noruoko.
6 Ndinotya, pandinofunga izvi; kudedera kunobata muviri wangu.
7 Nemhaka yeiko vakaipa vachirarama, vachikwegura uye vachiwedzerwa simba?