Psalms 64

1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from the terror of the enemy.

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.

2 Hide me from the council of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity;

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

3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;

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

4 That they may shoot in secret places at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

To shoot in secret the undefiled.

5 They encourage one another in an evil matter; they converse of laying snares secretly; they ask, who would see them.

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?

6 They search out iniquities, they have accomplished a diligent search; even in the inward thought of every one, and the deep heart.

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

7 But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds.

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

8 So they make their own tongue a stumbling unto themselves; all that see them shake the head.

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

9 And all men fear; and they declare the work of God, and understand His doing.

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

10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall take refuge in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

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