Psalms 64

1 “To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: preserve my life from the dread 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 secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous assault of the workers of wickedness;

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

3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, who aim with their arrow, the bitter word:

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

4 To shoot in secret at the innocent; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

To shoot in secret the undefiled.

5 They encourage themselves in an evil plan; they tell secretly of laying snares: they say, Who will 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; “We are ready with the carefully searched out device:” and the inward thought and heart of each is deeply [hidden].

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

7 But God shooteth at them suddenly [his] arrow; —[thence] are come their wounds.

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

8 And their own tongues will stumble over themselves: all that look on them will shake their head.

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

9 All men shall fear, and shall declare the deeds of God, and understand his works.

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

10 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glorify themselves.

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