< 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 leader. A psalm of David. Hear, O my God, the voice of my lament: guard my life from the dread of the foe.
2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
Hide me from villains who secretly plot, from the blustering throng of the workers of evil,
3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.
who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and aimed bitter words like arrows,
4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
which from ambush they launch at the blameless, shooting swiftly and unafraid.
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 their wicked purpose, they tell of the snares they have hidden, they say to themselves, “Who can see?”
6 They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep.
They think out their crimes full cunningly hidden deep in their crafty hearts.
7 And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
But God with his arrow will shoot them, swiftly shall they be smitten.
8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
For their tongue he will bring them to ruin, all will shudder with horror at the sight of them.
9 And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.
Then every person, touched to awe, as they ponder what God has wrought, will tell the tale of his deeds.
10 The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!
In the Lord shall the righteous rejoice, in him shall they take refuge; and all the true-hearted shall glory.

< Psalms 64 >