Psalms 64

1 To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David. Hear, O God, my voice when I complain, From dread peril by the foe, wilt thou guard my life.

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:

2 Wilt thou hide me, From the conclave of evil-doers, From the crowd of workers of iniquity.

Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

3 Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow—a bitter word;

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;

4 To shoot, in secret places, at the blameless one, Suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not.

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

5 They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?

They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?

6 They devise perverse things, They have completed the device well devised, Both the intent of each one, and the mind, are unsearchable.

They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward [thought] and heart is deep.

7 Once let God have shot at them an arrow, Suddenly have appeared their own wounds!

But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;

8 When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.

By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.

9 Therefore have all men feared, —And have told the doing of God, And, his work, have considered.

And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.

10 The righteous man shall rejoice in Yahweh, and seek refuge in him, Then shall glory—all who are upright in heart.

The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.