Psalms 64

1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my (meditation) From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

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

2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

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

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

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

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

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

5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

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

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

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

7 And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

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

8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

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

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

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

10 The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!

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