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 OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Hear, O God, my voice, in my (meditation) You keep my life from the fear of an 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 evildoers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
3 Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow—a bitter word;
Who sharpened their tongue as a sword, They directed their arrow—a bitter word.
4 To shoot, in secret places, at the blameless one, Suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not.
To shoot the perfect in secret places, Suddenly they shoot him, and do not fear.
5 They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?
They strengthen an evil thing for themselves, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, “Who looks at it?”
6 They devise perverse things, They have completed the device well devised, Both the intent of each one, and the mind, are unsearchable.
They search out perverse things, “We perfected a searching search,” And the inward part of man, and the heart, [are] deep.
7 Once let God have shot at them an arrow, Suddenly have appeared their own wounds!
And God shoots them [with] an arrow, Their wounds have been sudden,
8 When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.
And they cause him to stumble, Their own tongue [is] against them, Every looker on them flees away.
9 Therefore have all men feared, —And have told the doing of God, And, his work, have considered.
And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And they have wisely considered His deed.
10 The righteous man shall rejoice in Yahweh, and seek refuge in him, Then shall glory—all who are upright in heart.
The righteous rejoice in YHWH, And have trusted in Him, And all the upright of heart boast!
