1. Ipapo Jobho akapindura akati:
2. “Iwe wakavabatsira sei vasina simba! Wakaponesa sei ruoko rwakarukutika!
3. Izanoiko rawakapa asina uchenjeri! Uye wakaratidza njere dzakakura sei!
4. Ndianiko akakubatsira kutaura mashoko aya? Uye mweya waaniko wakataura kubva pamuromo wako?
5. “Vakafa vari pakurwadziwa kukuru, ivo vari pasi pemvura zhinji navose vanogara mairi.
6. Rufu rwakashama pamberi paMwari; kuparadza hakuna kufukidza.
7. Anotambanudza matenga nechokumusoro panzvimbo isina chinhu; anorembedza nyika pasina chinhu.
8. Anoputira mvura zhinji mumakore ake; asi makore acho haabvaruki nokuda kwokuremerwa.
9. Anofukidza chiso chomwedzi uzere, achiwarira makore ake pamusoro pawo.
10. Anotara muganhu pamberi pemvura zhinji, kuti ugova muganhu pakati pechiedza nerima.
11. Mbiri dzokudenga dzinodengenyeka, dzichivhunduswa nokutuka kwake.
12. Akabvongodza gungwa nesimba rake; akagura-gura Rahabhi nenjere dzake.
13. Matenga akashongedzwa nokufema kwake; ruoko rwake rwakabaya nyoka inobhururuka.
14. Uye izvi ndiwo macheto oga ebasa rake; haiwa tinonzwa kuzevezera kwake seiko! Zvino ndianiko anganzwisisa kutinhira kwesimba rake?”