Psalms 64

1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

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 secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Who sharpened their tongue as a sword, They directed their arrow—a bitter word.

4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

To shoot the perfect in secret places, Suddenly they shoot him, and do not fear.

5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privately; they 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 search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

They search out perverse things, “We perfected a searching search,” And the inward part of man, and the heart, [are] deep.

7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

And God shoots them [with] an arrow, Their wounds have been sudden,

8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall on themselves: all that 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 fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And they have wisely considered His deed.

10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

The righteous rejoice in YHWH, And have trusted in Him, And all the upright of heart boast!