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.

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear 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 secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

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

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;

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

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

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

They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?

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 iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward [thought] and heart is deep.

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

But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;

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

By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.

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

And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.

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

The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.