Psalms 64

1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my (meditation) From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

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

2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

Ngifihla emacebeni abantu ababi, kulokho kuxokozela kwezixhwali.

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

Bayazilola inlimi zabo njengezinkemba bakhombele amazwi abo njengemitshoko ebulalayo.

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

Batshoka becathemele umuntu ongonanga lutho; bayaphanga ukumciba bengelavalo.

5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look 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 doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

Kodwa uNkulunkulu uzabaciba ngemitshoko; ngokuphangisa nje bazalahlwa phansi.

8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

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

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

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

10 The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!

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