< Psalms 64 >

1 For the end, a Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O God, when I make my petition to you; deliver my soul 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 You have sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly; from the multitude of them that work iniquity;
Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
3 who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;
Who sharpened their tongue as a sword, They directed their arrow—a bitter word.
4 to shoot in secret at the blameless; they will shoot him suddenly, and will not fear.
To shoot the perfect in secret places, Suddenly they shoot him, and do not fear.
5 They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given counsel to hide snares; they have said, 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 have searched out iniquity; they have wearied themselves with searching diligently, a man shall approach 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 and God shall be exalted, their wounds were [caused by] the weapon of the foolish children,
And God shoots them [with] an arrow, Their wounds have been sudden,
8 and their tongues have set him at nothing, all that saw them were troubled;
And they cause him to stumble, Their own tongue [is] against them, Every looker on them flees away.
9 and every man was alarmed, and they related the works of God, and understood his deeds.
And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And they have wisely considered His deed.
10 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and hope on him, and all the upright in heart shall be praised.
The righteous rejoice in YHWH, And have trusted in Him, And all the upright of heart boast!

< Psalms 64 >