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 Chief Musician. A Melody of David. Hear, O God, my voice when I complain, From dread peril by the foe, wilt thou guard my life.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
Wilt thou hide me, From the conclave of evil-doers, From the crowd of workers of iniquity.
3 Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready 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, in secret places, at the blameless one, Suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not.
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?
They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?
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 devise perverse things, They have completed the device well devised, Both the intent of each one, and the mind, are unsearchable.
7 But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;
Once let God have shot at them an arrow, Suddenly have appeared their own wounds!
8 By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.
9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.
Therefore have all men feared, —And have told the doing of God, And, his work, have considered.
10 The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
The righteous man shall rejoice in Yahweh, and seek refuge in him, Then shall glory—all who are upright in heart.
