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,

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

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

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

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

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

To shoot the perfect in secret places, Suddenly they shoot him, and do not 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 strengthen an evil thing for themselves, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, “Who looks at it?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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