Psalms 52

1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

Uzincomelani ngokubi, qhawe? Umusa kaNkulunkulu ukulo lonke usuku.

2 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

Ulimi lwakho luceba konke ukuganga, njengensingo ebukhali, lwenza inkohliso.

3 You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth.

Uthanda okubi kulokuhle; amanga kulokukhuluma iqiniso. (Sela)

4 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

Uthanda wonke amazwi okuginya, limi lwenkohliso.

5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living.

UNkulunkulu laye uzakubhidliza phakade, akususe, akuhluthune ethenteni, akusiphune elizweni labaphilayo. (Sela)

6 The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

Abalungileyo bazakubona besabe, bazamhleka, besithi:

7 “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

Khangelani, umuntu ongamenzanga uNkulunkulu abe yinqaba yakhe, kodwa wathembela ebunengini benotho yakhe, eqinile ekugangeni kwakhe.

8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

Kodwa nginjengesihlahla somhlwathi esiluhlaza endlini kaNkulunkulu. Ngiyathemba emuseni kaNkulunkulu phakade laphakade.

9 I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.

Ngizakudumisa kuze kube phakade ngoba ukwenzile. Ngizalindela ibizo lakho, ngoba lihle phambi kwabangcwele bakho.