Salmenes 64
1 Til sangmesteren; en salme av David. Hør, Gud, min røst når jeg klager, bevar mitt liv for fiendens skremsel!
God, listen to me as I tell you the things that I am worried about. I am afraid of my enemies; so save/rescue me from them.
2 Skjul mig for de ondes lønnlige råd, for illgjerningsmenns larmende hop,
Protect me from what wicked men are planning to do to me; protect me from that gang of men who do what is evil.
3 som hvesser sin tunge som et sverd, legger på buen sin pil, det bitre ord,
The hostile things they say [MTY] are like [SIM] [sharp] swords; their cruel words are like [SIM] arrows.
4 for å skyte den uskyldige i lønndom; med ett skyter de ham og frykter ikke.
Without being afraid, they [lie about people and slander people] who have not done what is wrong, like someone who suddenly jumps up from where he is hiding and shoots [arrows] at his enemy [MET].
5 De gjør sitt onde råd fast; de forteller hvorledes de vil legge skjulte snarer; de sier: Hvem ser dem?
They encourage each other about doing the evil things that they are planning to do; they talk [with each other] about where they can set traps to catch people, and they think, “No one [RHQ] will see what we are doing,
6 De uttenker ugjerninger: Vi er ferdige, tanken er uttenkt - og menneskenes tanker og hjerter er dype.
because we have planned very well the crime that we are going to commit!” No one can fully understand what people can think and plan!
7 Da skyter Gud dem; med ett kommer pilen; slaget har rammet dem.
But [it will be as though] God will shoot his arrows at them, and suddenly they will be wounded.
8 Og de blir nedstyrtet, deres tunge kommer over dem; alle de som ser på dem, ryster på hodet.
Because of what they say [MTY], he will get rid of them, and then everyone who sees [what has happened to] them will shake their heads [to ridicule them].
9 Og alle mennesker frykter og forkynner Guds gjerning, og de forstår hans verk.
And then everyone will be afraid [to sin because of what might happen to them, also]; they will tell others what God has done, and they themselves will think much about it.
10 Den rettferdige gleder sig i Herren og tar sin tilflukt til ham, og alle opriktige av hjertet priser sig lykkelige.
Righteous people should rejoice because of what Yahweh [has done]; they should go to him to (find protection/be safe); and all those who are godly will praise him.
