Psalms 64

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” Hear my voice, O God! when I pray! Preserve my life from the terrors of the enemy!

2 Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

Hide me from the assembly of the wicked, From the brawling crowd of evil-doers!

3 For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

For like a sword they sharpen their tongues, Like arrows they aim their poisoned words,

4 To shoot in secret the undefiled.

To shoot in secret at the upright; Suddenly do they shoot at him without fear.

5 They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

They prepare themselves for an evil deed; They commune of laying secret snares: “Who,” say they, “will see them?”

6 They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:

They meditate crimes: “We have finished,” say they, “our plans!” The heart and bosom of every one of them are deep.

7 And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:

But God will shoot an arrow at them; Suddenly shall they be wounded.

8 And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

Thus their own tongues shall bring them down; All who see them will flee away.

9 And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God: and understood his doings.

Then will all men stand in awe, And declare what God hath done, And attentively consider his work.

10 The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.

The righteous shall rejoice, and trust in the LORD; All the upright in heart shall glory.