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.
Dem Sangmeister. Ein Psalm Davids.
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.
Hör, Elohim, mein klagendes Rufen, / Vor dem schrecklichen Feinde bewahre mein Leben!
3 The hostile things they say [MTY] are like [SIM] [sharp] swords; their cruel words are like [SIM] arrows.
Schütze mich vor der Frevler Rotte, / Vor dem lärmenden Haufen der Übeltäter!
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].
Sie schärfen ihre Zunge wie Schwerter, / Spannen als Pfeile verwundende Reden.
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,
Sie schießen heimlich den Frommen, / Treffen ihn plötzlich ohne Scheu.
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!
Sie nehmen sich fest das Böse vor; / Sie beschließen, Schlingen zu legen, / Und fragen: "Wer wird sie sehn?"
7 But [it will be as though] God will shoot his arrows at them, and suddenly they will be wounded.
Sie erdenken Frevel: "Wir haben's vollendet, der Plan ist ersonnen!" / Eines jeden Herz ist ein Abgrund.
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].
Aber da trifft sie Gott mit dem Pfeil: / Plötzlich sind ihre Wunden da!
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.
Ihre eigne Zunge bringt sie zu Fall. / Die auf sie sehen, schütteln den Kopf.
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.
Da fürchten sich alle, / Verkünden das Tun Elohims / Und betrachten sein Werk. Der Gerechte freut sich in Jahwe und fliehet zu ihm. / Sein rühmen sich alle redlichen Herzen.
