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 of David. Hear my voice, God, listen to my complaint; preserve my life from fear of my enemies.

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

Hide me from the secret plotting of evildoers, from the commotion of the doers of iniquity.

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

They have sharpened their tongues like swords; they have aimed their arrows, bitter words,

4 To shoot in secret the undefiled.

so that they may shoot from secret places at someone who is innocent; suddenly they shoot at him and fear nothing.

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 plan; they consult privately together in order to set traps; they say, “Who will see us?”

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

They invent sinful plans; “We have finished,” they say, “a careful plan.” The inner thoughts and hearts of man are deep.

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

But God will shoot them; suddenly they will be wounded with his arrows.

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

They will be made to stumble, since their own tongues are against them; all who see them will wag their heads.

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

All people will fear and will declare God's deeds. They will wisely 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.

The righteous will be glad about Yahweh and will take refuge in him; all the upright in heart will take pride in him.