Psalms 64

Psalm title: To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1. ¹Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:
2. ²Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
3. ³Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [supplied: and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
4. ⁴That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5. ⁵They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?
6. ⁶They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward [supplied: thought] and heart is deep.
7. ⁷But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;
8. ⁸By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
9. ⁹And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.
10. ¹⁰The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

Words in italics were supplied by the translators.

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