Psalmorum 64

1 in finem psalmus David exaudi Deus orationem meam cum deprecor a timore inimici eripe animam meam

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 protexisti me a conventu malignantium a multitudine operantium iniquitatem

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

3 quia exacuerunt ut gladium linguas suas intenderunt arcum rem amaram

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

4 ut sagittent in occultis inmaculatum

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

5 subito sagittabunt eum et non timebunt firmaverunt sibi sermonem nequam narraverunt ut absconderent laqueos dixerunt quis videbit eos

They strengthen an evil thing for themselves, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, “Who looks at it?”

6 scrutati sunt iniquitates defecerunt scrutantes scrutinio accedet homo et cor altum

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

7 et exaltabitur Deus sagittae parvulorum factae sunt plagae eorum

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

8 et infirmatae sunt contra eos linguae eorum conturbati sunt omnes qui videbant eos

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

9 et timuit omnis homo et adnuntiaverunt opera Dei et facta eius intellexerunt

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

10 laetabitur iustus in Domino et sperabit in eo et laudabuntur omnes recti corde

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