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) From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

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

Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, 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 as a sword their tongue, 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 in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot 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 strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look 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 doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

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

And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth 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 His deed they have considered wisely.

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

The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!