Psalms 64

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

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

2 Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

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

3 For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

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

4 To shoot in secret the undefiled.

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

5 They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

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

6 They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:

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

7 And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:

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

8 And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

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

9 And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God: and understood his doings.

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

10 The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.

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