Psalms 64

1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ihubo likaDavida. Ake ungizwe, Oh Nkulunkulu, nxa ngiletha ukusola kwami; vikela impilo yami ekusongelweni yisitha.

2 Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

Ngifihla emacebeni abantu ababi, kulokho kuxokozela kwezixhwali.

3 who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Bayazilola inlimi zabo njengezinkemba bakhombele amazwi abo njengemitshoko ebulalayo.

4 ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

Batshoka becathemele umuntu ongonanga lutho; bayaphanga ukumciba bengelavalo.

5 They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

Bayakhuthazana ngamacebo amabi, bakhulumisana ngokufihla imijibila yabo; bathi, “Sizabonwa ngubani?”

6 They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

Baceba ukona besithi, “Sesakhe icebo elihle kakhulu!” Ngempela ingqondo yomuntu lenhliziyo yakhe ilobuqili.

7 But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

Kodwa uNkulunkulu uzabaciba ngemitshoko; ngokuphangisa nje bazalahlwa phansi.

8 They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

Uzakwenza banyeyane bona bodwa bacine sebedilizana; bonke abababonayo bazanyikinya amakhanda babahleke.

9 Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.

Bonke abantu bomhlaba bazakwesaba; bazafakaza imisebenzi kaNkulunkulu banakane ngalokho akwenzileyo.

10 Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.

Akuthi abalungileyo bathokoze kuThixo baphephele kuye; akuthi bonke abaqotho ngenhliziyo bamdumise.