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 Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. 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 conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

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

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

4 To shoot in secret the undefiled.

to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

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 evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. 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 plot injustice; they hide a well-conceived plan. Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.

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

But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

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

Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

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

All humankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder 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.

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him.