Psalms 64

1 To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:

TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Hear, O God, my voice, in my (meditation) You keep my life from the fear of an enemy,

2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

3 Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;

Who sharpened their tongue as a sword, They directed their arrow—a bitter word.

4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

To shoot the perfect in secret places, Suddenly they shoot him, and do not fear.

5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?

They strengthen an evil thing for themselves, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, “Who looks at it?”

6 They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward [thought] and heart is deep.

They search out perverse things, “We perfected a searching search,” And the inward part of man, and the heart, [are] deep.

7 But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;

And God shoots them [with] an arrow, Their wounds have been sudden,

8 By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.

And they cause him to stumble, Their own tongue [is] against them, Every looker on them flees away.

9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.

And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And they have wisely considered His deed.

10 The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

The righteous rejoice in YHWH, And have trusted in Him, And all the upright of heart boast!