Amahubo 64

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

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,

2 Ungifihle ecebeni elifihliweyo lababi, ekuxokozeleni kwabenzi bobubi,

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

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

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

4 ukutshoka opheleleyo besekusithekeni; bahle bamtshoke, bengesabi.

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

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

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

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

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

7 Kodwa uNkulunkulu uzabatshoka ngomtshoko masinyane; bazalinyazwa.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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