Psalms 64

1 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

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

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

3 who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

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

4 that they may shoot in secret places at a blameless man. Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

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

5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose. They converse of laying snares secretly. They say, Who will see them?

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

6 They search out iniquities, saying, We have accomplished a diligent search. And the inward part of man and the heart are deep.

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

7 But God will shoot at them. With an arrow they shall suddenly be wounded.

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

8 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them. All who see them shall wag the head.

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

9 And all men shall fear. And they shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely consider of his doing.

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

10 A righteous man shall be glad in Jehovah, and shall take refuge in him. And all the upright in heart shall glory.

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