Psalms 64
1 For the music director. A psalm of David. God, please listen to my complaint. Protect me because my enemies scare me.
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 Shelter me from the plots of the wicked, from this evil mob.
Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
3 What they say cuts like swords; they fire off poisonous words like arrows.
Who sharpened their tongue as a sword, They directed their arrow—a bitter word.
4 They shoot from their hiding places at innocent people—doing this without warning, not afraid of being caught.
To shoot the perfect in secret places, Suddenly they shoot him, and do not fear.
5 They encourage one another to do evil, planning how to secretly trap people, telling themselves, “Nobody will notice.”
They strengthen an evil thing for themselves, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, “Who looks at it?”
6 They plot wicked things. “What a great plan we've created!” they say. There are no limits to the depths to which human minds and thoughts can sink.
They search out perverse things, “We perfected a searching search,” And the inward part of man, and the heart, [are] deep.
7 But God will shoot them with arrows; all of a sudden they will be wounded.
And God shoots them [with] an arrow, Their wounds have been sudden,
8 What they themselves say will trip them up; people who see them will mock them, shaking their heads at them.
And they cause him to stumble, Their own tongue [is] against them, Every looker on them flees away.
9 Then everyone will be frightened. They will say that this is the work of God, and they will think about what he has done.
And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And they have wisely considered His deed.
10 Those who are right with the Lord will be happy in him, they will go to him for protection. Those who live right will praise him.
The righteous rejoice in YHWH, And have trusted in Him, And all the upright of heart boast!
