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 Melody of David. Hear, O God, my voice when I complain, From dread peril by the foe, wilt thou guard my life.

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

Wilt thou hide me, From the conclave of evil-doers, From the crowd of workers of iniquity.

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

Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow—a bitter word;

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

To shoot, in secret places, at the blameless one, Suddenly 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 strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can 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 perverse things, They have completed the device well devised, Both the intent of each one, and the mind, are unsearchable.

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

Once let God have shot at them an arrow, Suddenly have appeared their own wounds!

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

When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.

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

Therefore have all men feared, —And have told the doing of God, And, his work, have considered.

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 man shall rejoice in Yahweh, and seek refuge in him, Then shall glory—all who are upright in heart.