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) From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

2 Ungifihle ecebeni elifihliweyo lababi, ekuxokozeleni kwabenzi bobubi,

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

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

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

4 ukutshoka opheleleyo besekusithekeni; bahle bamtshoke, bengesabi.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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