PSALM 64

¹For the lead player, a David psalm.

    ²Hear, God, my voice in my plea.

          From fear of the enemy guard my life.

    ³Conceal me from the counsel of evil men,

          from the hubbub of the wrongdoers,

    ⁴who whetted their tongue like a sword,

          pulled back their arrow—a bitter word—

    ⁵to shoot in concealment the innocent,

          in a flash shot him down without fear.

    ⁶They encourage themselves with evil words.

          They recount how traps should be laid.

              They say, Who will see them?

    ⁷“Let them search out foul deeds!

          We have hidden them from the utmost search,

    in a man’s inward self,

          and deep is the heart.”

    ⁸But God will shoot an arrow at them.

          In a flash they will be struck down.

    ⁹And their tongue will cause them to stumble,

          all who see them will nod in derision.

    ¹⁰And all men will fear

          and tell of God’s act,

              and His deed they will grasp.

    ¹¹May the righteous rejoice in the LORD and shelter in Him,

          and may all the upright revel.