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,

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

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

Ungifihle ecebeni elifihliweyo lababi, ekuxokozeleni kwabenzi bobubi,

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

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

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

ukutshoka opheleleyo besekusithekeni; bahle bamtshoke, bengesabi.

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

Kodwa uNkulunkulu uzabatshoka ngomtshoko masinyane; bazalinyazwa.

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

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

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

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

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

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