Amahubo 64

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

Unto the end, a psalm for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

2 Ngifihla emacebeni abantu ababi, kulokho kuxokozela kwezixhwali.

Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

3 Bayazilola inlimi zabo njengezinkemba bakhombele amazwi abo njengemitshoko ebulalayo.

For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

4 Batshoka becathemele umuntu ongonanga lutho; bayaphanga ukumciba bengelavalo.

To shoot in secret the undefiled.

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

They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

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

They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:

7 Kodwa uNkulunkulu uzabaciba ngemitshoko; ngokuphangisa nje bazalahlwa phansi.

And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:

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

And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

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

And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God: and understood his doings.

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

The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.