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) From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, 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 as a sword their tongue, 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 in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look 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 doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth 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 His deed they have considered wisely.

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

The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!