Psalms 64

1 For the chief musician. A psalm of David. Hear my voice, God, listen to my complaint; preserve my life from fear of my enemies.

Unto the end, a psalm for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the secret plotting of evildoers, from the commotion of the doers of iniquity.

Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

3 They have sharpened their tongues like swords; they have aimed their arrows, bitter words,

For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

4 so that they may shoot from secret places at someone who is innocent; suddenly they shoot at him and fear nothing.

To shoot in secret the undefiled.

5 They encourage themselves in an evil plan; they consult privately together in order to set traps; they say, “Who will see us?”

They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

6 They invent sinful plans; “We have finished,” they say, “a careful plan.” The inner thoughts and hearts of man are deep.

They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:

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

And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:

8 They will be made to stumble, since their own tongues are against them; all who see them will wag their heads.

And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

9 All people will fear and will declare God's deeds. They will wisely think about what he has done.

And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God: and understood his doings.

10 The righteous will be glad about Yahweh and will take refuge in him; all the upright in heart will take pride in him.

The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.