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 Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: preserve my life from fear of the 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 evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity:

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

Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words:

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

That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

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

They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

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 iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: and the inward thought of every one, and the heart, is deep.

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

But God shall shoot at them; with an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

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

So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: all that see them shall wag the head.

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

And all men shall fear; and they shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely consider of his doing.

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

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.