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.

For the music director. A psalm of David. God, please listen to my complaint. Protect me because my enemies scare me.

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

Shelter me from the plots of the wicked, from this evil mob.

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

What they say cuts like swords; they fire off poisonous words like arrows.

4 To shoot in secret the undefiled.

They shoot from their hiding places at innocent people—doing this without warning, not afraid of being caught.

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 one another to do evil, planning how to secretly trap people, telling themselves, “Nobody will notice.”

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

They plot wicked things. “What a great plan we've created!” they say. There are no limits to the depths to which human minds and thoughts can sink.

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

But God will shoot them with arrows; all of a sudden they will be wounded.

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

What they themselves say will trip them up; people who see them will mock them, shaking their heads at them.

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

Then everyone will be frightened. They will say that this is the work of God, and they will think about what he has done.

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

Those who are right with the Lord will be happy in him, they will go to him for protection. Those who live right will praise him.