Psalms 64
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Heare my voyce, O God, in my prayer: preserue my life from feare of the enemie.
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Hear, O God, my voice, in my (meditation) You keep my life from the fear of an enemy,
2 Hide me from the conspiracie of the wicked, and from the rage of the workers of iniquitie.
Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
3 Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.
Who sharpened their tongue as a sword, They directed their arrow—a bitter word.
4 To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not.
To shoot the perfect in secret places, Suddenly they shoot him, and do not fear.
5 They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them?
They strengthen an evil thing for themselves, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, “Who looks at it?”
6 They haue sought out iniquities, and haue accomplished that which they sought out, euen euery one his secret thoughtes, and the depth of his heart.
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 shoote an arrowe at them suddenly: their strokes shalbe at once.
And God shoots them [with] an arrow, Their wounds have been sudden,
8 They shall cause their owne tongue to fall vpon them: and whosoeuer shall see them, shall flee away.
And they cause him to stumble, Their own tongue [is] against them, Every looker on them flees away.
9 And all men shall see it, and declare the worke of God, and they shall vnderstand, what he hath wrought.
And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And they have wisely considered His deed.
10 But the righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and trust in him: and all that are vpright of heart, shall reioyce.
The righteous rejoice in YHWH, And have trusted in Him, And all the upright of heart boast!
