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, God, listen to my complaint; preserve my life from fear of my enemies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 plan; they consult privately together in order to set traps; they say, “Who will see us?”

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

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

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

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

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, since their own tongues are against them; all who see them will wag their heads.

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

All people will fear and will declare God's deeds. They will wisely think about 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!

The righteous will be glad about Yahweh and will take refuge in him; all the upright in heart will take pride in him.