Psalms 64

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my prayer of supplication. Rescue my soul from the fear of the enemy.

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.

2 You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, from a multitude of workers of iniquity.

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

3 For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword; they have formed their bow into a bitter thing,

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

4 so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.

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

5 They will suddenly shoot arrows at him, and they will not be afraid. They are resolute in their wicked talk. They have discussed hidden snares. They have said, “Who will see them?”

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

6 They have been searching carefully for iniquities. Their exhaustive search has failed. Man will approach with a deep heart,

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.

7 and God will be exalted. The arrows of the little ones have become their wounds,

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

8 and their tongues have been weakened against them. All those who saw them have been troubled;

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

9 and every man was afraid. And they announced the works of God, and they understood his acts.

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

10 The just will rejoice in the Lord, and they will hope in him. And all the upright of heart will be praised.

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