Psalms 64
1 For the music director. A psalm of David. God, please listen to my complaint. Protect me because my enemies scare me.
To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my (meditation) From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,
2 Shelter me from the plots of the wicked, from this evil mob.
Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
3 What they say cuts like swords; they fire off poisonous words like arrows.
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.
4 They shoot from their hiding places at innocent people—doing this without warning, not afraid of being caught.
To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
5 They encourage one another to do evil, planning how to secretly trap people, telling themselves, “Nobody will notice.”
They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'
6 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.
They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep.
7 But God will shoot them with arrows; all of a sudden they will be wounded.
And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
8 What they themselves say will trip them up; people who see them will mock them, shaking their heads at them.
And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
9 Then everyone will be frightened. They will say that this is the work of God, and they will think about what he has done.
And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.
10 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.
The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!
