Psalms 64

1 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.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

2 Protect me from what wicked men are planning to do to me; protect me from that gang of men who do what is evil.

Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

3 The hostile things they say [MTY] are like [SIM] [sharp] swords; their cruel words are like [SIM] arrows.

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

4 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].

ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

5 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,

They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

6 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!

They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

7 But [it will be as though] God will shoot his arrows at them, and suddenly they will be wounded.

But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

8 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].

They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

9 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.

Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.

10 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.

Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.