¹To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

¹Ilaahow, codkayga maqal markii aan kuu soo cawdo, Oo naftayda ka ilaali cadowga cabsidiisa.

²Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

²Oo iga qari talada qarsoon oo kuwa sharka ka shaqeeya, Iyo tirabadnaanta xumaanfalayaasha,

³Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.

³Oo carrabkooda u afeeyey sidii seef oo kale, Oo fallaadhahoodii liishaamay kuwaas oo ah erayo qadhaadh,

⁴To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

⁴Si ay meelo qarsoon kan qumman fallaadh ugaga ganaan, Haddiiba si kedis ah ayay ugu ganaan, mana cabsadaan.

⁵They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?`

⁵Qasdi shar ah bay isku dhiirrigeliyaan, Waxay ku arrinsadaan inay si qarsoon dabinno u dhigaan, Oo ay isyidhaahdaan, Bal yaa arki doona?

⁶They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,` And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep.

⁶Waxay baadhaan xumaatooyin, iyagoo leh, Annagu baadhid caqli ah ayaannu ebinnay, Fikirka ku jira uurka nin walba iyo qalbiguba waa mool dheer yihiin.

⁷And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

⁷Laakiinse Ilaah waa toogan doonaa, Oo haddiiba iyaga waxaa dhaawici doonta fallaadh.

⁸And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

⁸Sidaas daraaddeed waa la kufin doonaa, iyagoo carrabkoodu col u yahay naftooda, Wax alla wixii iyaga arka oo dhammu way carari doonaan.

⁹And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.

⁹Oo dadka oo dhammu way cabsan doonaan, Oo waxay sheegi doonaan shuqulka Ilaah, Oo si caqli ah ayay uga fikiri doonaan wuxuu sameeyey.Kuwa xaqa ahu waxay ku farxi doonaan Rabbiga, oo isagay isku hallayn doonaan, Oo inta qalbigoodu toosan yahay oo dhammuna way faani doonaan.

¹⁰The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!

¹⁰Kuwa xaqa ahu waxay ku farxi doonaan Rabbiga, oo isagay isku hallayn doonaan, Oo inta qalbigoodu toosan yahay oo dhammuna way faani doonaan.