Amahubo 64

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

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,

2 Ngifihla emacebeni abantu ababi, kulokho kuxokozela kwezixhwali.

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

3 Bayazilola inlimi zabo njengezinkemba bakhombele amazwi abo njengemitshoko ebulalayo.

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

4 Batshoka becathemele umuntu ongonanga lutho; bayaphanga ukumciba bengelavalo.

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

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

They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

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

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

7 Kodwa uNkulunkulu uzabaciba ngemitshoko; ngokuphangisa nje bazalahlwa phansi.

And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

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

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

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

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

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

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