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,

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Hear my voice, 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 conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

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

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

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

to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

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 evil plans. They talk about 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 plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning.

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

But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

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

Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

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

All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.

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

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!