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.
God, listen to me as I tell you the things that I am worried about. I am afraid of my enemies; so save/rescue me from them.
2 Wilt thou hide me, From the conclave of evil-doers, From the crowd of workers of iniquity.
Protect me from what wicked men are planning to do to me; protect me from that gang of men who do what is evil.
3 Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow—a bitter word;
The hostile things they say [MTY] are like [SIM] [sharp] swords; their cruel words are like [SIM] arrows.
4 To shoot, in secret places, at the blameless one, Suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not.
Without being afraid, they [lie about people and slander people] who have not done what is wrong, like someone who suddenly jumps up from where he is hiding and shoots [arrows] at his enemy [MET].
5 They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?
They encourage each other about doing the evil things that they are planning to do; they talk [with each other] about where they can set traps to catch people, and they think, “No one [RHQ] will see what we are doing,
6 They devise perverse things, They have completed the device well devised, Both the intent of each one, and the mind, are unsearchable.
because we have planned very well the crime that we are going to commit!” No one can fully understand what people can think and plan!
7 Once let God have shot at them an arrow, Suddenly have appeared their own wounds!
But [it will be as though] God will shoot his arrows at them, and suddenly they will be wounded.
8 When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.
Because of what they say [MTY], he will get rid of them, and then everyone who sees [what has happened to] them will shake their heads [to ridicule them].
9 Therefore have all men feared, —And have told the doing of God, And, his work, have considered.
And then everyone will be afraid [to sin because of what might happen to them, also]; they will tell others what God has done, and they themselves will think much about it.
10 The righteous man shall rejoice in Yahweh, and seek refuge in him, Then shall glory—all who are upright in heart.
Righteous people should rejoice because of what Yahweh [has done]; they should go to him to (find protection/be safe); and all those who are godly will praise him.
