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.

[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

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

Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

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

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

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

to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

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 encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"

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

They plot injustice; they hide a well-conceived plan. Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.

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

But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

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

Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

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

All humankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.

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

The righteous shall be glad in YHWH, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him.