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 music director. A psalm of David. God, please listen to my complaint. Protect me because my enemies scare me.

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.

Shelter me from the plots of the wicked, from this evil mob.

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

What they say cuts like swords; they fire off poisonous 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].

They shoot from their hiding places at innocent people—doing this without warning, not afraid of being caught.

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 encourage one another to do evil, planning how to secretly trap people, telling themselves, “Nobody will notice.”

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 plot wicked things. “What a great plan we've created!” they say. There are no limits to the depths to which human minds and thoughts can sink.

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; all of a sudden 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].

What they themselves say will trip them up; people who see them will mock them, shaking their heads at them.

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 everyone will be frightened. They will say that this is the work of God, and they will think about 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.

Those who are right with the Lord will be happy in him, they will go to him for protection. Those who live right will praise him.