To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer:
Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Mungu, uisikie sauti yangu katika malalamiko yangu; Unilinde uhai wangu na hofu ya adui.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked;
From the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Utanificha mbali na shauri la siri la watenda mabaya, Mbali na ghasia ya watu wafanyao maovu;
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword,
And bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Waliounoa ulimi wao kama upanga, Wameielekeza mishale yao, maneno ya uchungu,
4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect:
Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Wapate kumpiga mkamilifu faraghani, Kwa ghafula humpiga wala hawaogopi.
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter:
They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who shall see them?
Walijifanya hodari katika jambo baya; Hushauriana juu ya kutega mitego; Husema, Ni nani atakayeiona?
6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search:
Both the inward thought of every one of them , and the heart, is deep.
Hutunga maovu; husema, Tumefanya shauri kamili; Na mawazo ya ndani ya kila mmoja wao, Na moyo wake, huwa siri kabisa.
7 But God shall shoot at them
With an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Kwa hiyo Mungu atawapiga shabaha, Kwa mshale mara watapigwa.
8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves:
All that see them shall flee away.
Ndivyo watakavyokwazwa, Ulimi wao wenyewe ukishindana nao. Wote wawaonao watatikisa kichwa.
9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God;
For they shall wisely consider of his doing.
Na watu wote wataogopa, Wataitangaza kazi ya Mungu, Na kuyafahamu matendo yake.
10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him;
And all the upright in heart shall glory.
Mwenye haki atamfurahia Bwana na kumkimbilia, Na wote wenye moyo wa adili watajisifu.
