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,

Zwana, Nkulunkulu, ilizwi lami esikhalazweni sami, ulondoloze impilo yami ekwesabeni isitha.

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

Ungifihle ecebeni elifihliweyo lababi, ekuxokozeleni kwabenzi bobubi,

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

abalola ulimi lwabo njengenkemba, bagobise umtshoko wabo, ngitsho amazwi ababayo,

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

ukutshoka opheleleyo besekusithekeni; bahle bamtshoke, bengesabi.

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

Baziqinisa edabeni olubi, bekhuluma ngokuthiya, bathi: Ngubani ongayibona?

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

Badingisisa iziphambeko; silungile ngecebo elicetshwe ngobuqili; umcabango wangaphakathi womuntu kanye lenhliziyo kujulile.

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

Kodwa uNkulunkulu uzabatshoka ngomtshoko masinyane; bazalinyazwa.

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

Njalo bazakwenza olwabo ulimi luwele phezu kwabo; bonke abababonayo bazabaleka.

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

Labo bonke abantu bazakwesaba, batshumayele isenzo sikaNkulunkulu, baqedisise umsebenzi wakhe.

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

Olungileyo uzajabula eNkosini, aphephele kuyo; bonke abaqotho ngenhliziyo bazazincoma.