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,

In finem, Psalmus David. Exaudi Deus orationem meam cum deprecor: a timore inimici eripe animam meam.

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

Protexisti me a conventu malignantium: a multitudine operantium iniquitatem.

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

Quia exacuerunt ut gladium linguas suas: intenderunt arcum rem amaram,

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

ut sagittent in occultis immaculatum.

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

Subito sagittabunt eum, et non timebunt: firmaverunt sibi sermonem nequam. Narraverunt ut absconderent laqueos: dixerunt: Quis videbit eos?

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

Scrutati sunt iniquitates: defecerunt scrutantes scrutinio. Accedet homo ad cor altum:

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

et exaltabitur Deus. Sagittæ parvulorum factæ sunt plagæ eorum:

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

et infirmatæ sunt contra eos linguæ eorum. Conturbati sunt omnes qui videbant eos:

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

et timuit omnis homo. Et annunciaverunt opera Dei: et facta eius intellexerunt.

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

Lætabitur iustus in Domino, et sperabit in eo, et laudabuntur omnes recti corde.