Psalms 64

1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: preserve my life from the dread of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous assault of the workers of wickedness;

3 who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Who whet their tongue like a sword, who aim with their arrow, the bitter word:

4 ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

To shoot in secret at the innocent; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

5 They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

They encourage themselves in an evil plan; they tell secretly of laying snares: they say, Who will see them?

6 They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

They search out iniquities; “We are ready with the carefully searched out device:” and the inward thought and heart of each is deeply [hidden].

7 But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

But God shooteth at them suddenly [his] arrow; —[thence] are come their wounds.

8 They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

And their own tongues will stumble over themselves: all that look on them will shake their head.

9 Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.

All men shall fear, and shall declare the deeds of God, and understand his works.

10 Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.

The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glorify themselves.