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. A psalm of David. Hear, O my God, the voice of my lament: guard my life from the dread of the foe.
2 You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, from a multitude of workers of iniquity.
Hide me from villains who secretly plot, from the blustering throng 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 have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and aimed bitter words like arrows,
4 so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.
which from ambush they launch at the blameless, shooting swiftly and unafraid.
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 strengthen their wicked purpose, they tell of the snares they have hidden, they say to themselves, ‘Who can see?’
6 They have been searching carefully for iniquities. Their exhaustive search has failed. Man will approach with a deep heart,
They think out their crimes full cunningly hidden deep in their crafty hearts.
7 and God will be exalted. The arrows of the little ones have become their wounds,
But God with his arrow will shoot them, swiftly shall they be smitten.
8 and their tongues have been weakened against them. All those who saw them have been troubled;
For their tongue he will bring them to ruin, all will shudder with horror at the sight of them.
9 and every man was afraid. And they announced the works of God, and they understood his acts.
Then every person, touched to awe, as they ponder what God has wrought, will tell the tale of his deeds.
10 The just will rejoice in the Lord, and they will hope in him. And all the upright of heart will be praised.
In the Lord shall the righteous rejoice, in him shall they take refuge; and all the true-hearted shall glory.
