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 leader of the music. A psalm of David.” Hear my voice, O God! when I pray! Preserve my life from the terrors 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 assembly of the wicked, From the brawling crowd of evil-doers!
3 For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword; they have formed their bow into a bitter thing,
For like a sword they sharpen their tongues, Like arrows they aim their poisoned words,
4 so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.
To shoot in secret at the upright; Suddenly do they shoot at him without fear.
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 prepare themselves for an evil deed; They commune of laying secret snares: “Who,” say they, “will see them?”
6 They have been searching carefully for iniquities. Their exhaustive search has failed. Man will approach with a deep heart,
They meditate crimes: “We have finished,” say they, “our plans!” The heart and bosom of every one of them are deep.
7 and God will be exalted. The arrows of the little ones have become their wounds,
But God will shoot an arrow at them; Suddenly shall they be wounded.
8 and their tongues have been weakened against them. All those who saw them have been troubled;
Thus their own tongues shall bring them down; All who see them will flee away.
9 and every man was afraid. And they announced the works of God, and they understood his acts.
Then will all men stand in awe, And declare what God hath done, And attentively consider his work.
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 rejoice, and trust in the LORD; All the upright in heart shall glory.
