Psalms 64

1 To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

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

2 Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;

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

3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

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

4 So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

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

5 They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

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

6 Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

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

7 But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

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

8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

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

9 And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.

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

10 The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.

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