< 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 leader of the music. A psalm of David.” Hear my voice, O God! when I pray! Preserve my life from the terrors of the enemy!
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
Hide me from the assembly of the wicked, From the brawling crowd of evil-doers!
3 Who sharpened their tongue as a sword, They directed their arrow—a bitter word.
For like a sword they sharpen their tongues, Like arrows they aim their poisoned words,
4 To shoot the perfect in secret places, Suddenly they shoot him, and do not fear.
To shoot in secret at the upright; Suddenly do they shoot at him without fear.
5 They strengthen an evil thing for themselves, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, “Who looks at it?”
They prepare themselves for an evil deed; They commune of laying secret snares: “Who,” say they, “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 meditate crimes: “We have finished,” say they, “our plans!” The heart and bosom of every one of them are deep.
7 And God shoots them [with] an arrow, Their wounds have been sudden,
But God will shoot an arrow at them; Suddenly shall they be wounded.
8 And they cause him to stumble, Their own tongue [is] against them, Every looker on them flees away.
Thus their own tongues shall bring them down; All who see them will flee away.
9 And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And they have wisely considered His deed.
Then will all men stand in awe, And declare what God hath done, And attentively consider his work.
10 The righteous rejoice in YHWH, And have trusted in Him, And all the upright of heart boast!
The righteous shall rejoice, and trust in the LORD; All the upright in heart shall glory.