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.

TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Hear, O God, my voice, in my (meditation) You keep my life from the fear of an enemy,

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

Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

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

Who sharpened their tongue as a sword, They directed their arrow—a bitter word.

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

To shoot the perfect in secret places, Suddenly they shoot him, and do not fear.

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

They strengthen an evil thing for themselves, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, “Who looks at it?”

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

They search out perverse things, “We perfected a searching search,” And the inward part of man, and the heart, [are] deep.

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

And God shoots them [with] an arrow, Their wounds have been sudden,

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

And they cause him to stumble, Their own tongue [is] against them, Every looker on them flees away.

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

And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And they have wisely considered His deed.

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 righteous rejoice in YHWH, And have trusted in Him, And all the upright of heart boast!