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) From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

2 protexisti me a conventu malignantium a multitudine operantium iniquitatem

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

3 quia exacuerunt ut gladium linguas suas intenderunt arcum rem amaram

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

4 ut sagittent in occultis inmaculatum

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

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

They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look 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 doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

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

And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth 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 His deed they have considered wisely.

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

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