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.

Unto the end, a psalm for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

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

Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

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

For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

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

To shoot in secret the undefiled.

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 will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

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

They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:

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

And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:

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

And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

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

And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God: and understood his doings.

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

The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.