Psalms 64

1 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,

Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

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

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

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

who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

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

that they may shoot in secret places at a blameless man. Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

5 They strengthen an evil thing for themselves, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, “Who looks at it?”

They encourage themselves in an evil purpose. They converse of laying snares secretly. They say, Who will see them?

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

They search out iniquities, saying, We have accomplished a diligent search. And the inward part of man and the heart are deep.

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

But God will shoot at them. With an arrow they shall suddenly be wounded.

8 And they cause him to stumble, Their own tongue [is] against them, Every looker on them flees away.

So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them. All who see them shall wag the head.

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

And all men shall fear. And they shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely consider of his doing.

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

A righteous man shall be glad in Jehovah, and shall take refuge in him. And all the upright in heart shall glory.