Psalms 64

1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Hear, O God, my voice, in my (meditation) You keep my life from the fear of an enemy,

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

2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

Ngifihla emacebeni abantu ababi, kulokho kuxokozela kwezixhwali.

3 Who sharpened their tongue as a sword, They directed their arrow—a bitter word.

Bayazilola inlimi zabo njengezinkemba bakhombele amazwi abo njengemitshoko ebulalayo.

4 To shoot the perfect in secret places, Suddenly they shoot him, and do not fear.

Batshoka becathemele umuntu ongonanga lutho; bayaphanga ukumciba bengelavalo.

5 They strengthen an evil thing for themselves, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, “Who looks at it?”

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

6 They search out perverse things, “We perfected a searching search,” And the inward part of man, and the heart, [are] deep.

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

7 And God shoots them [with] an arrow, Their wounds have been sudden,

Kodwa uNkulunkulu uzabaciba ngemitshoko; ngokuphangisa nje bazalahlwa phansi.

8 And they cause him to stumble, Their own tongue [is] against them, Every looker on them flees away.

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

9 And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And they have wisely considered His deed.

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

10 The righteous rejoice in YHWH, And have trusted in Him, And all the upright of heart boast!

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