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 prayer: 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 the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

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

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot 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 at the perfect: 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 matter: they commune of laying snares privately; they say, Who shall 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; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

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

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

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

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

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

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

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 trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.