Psalms 64

1 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

1To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

1 O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;

2Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

2Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;

3Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

3Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow--a bitter word.

3Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

4To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

4So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

5They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'

5They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

6They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

6They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart <FI>are<Fi> deep.

6Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

7But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

7And God doth shoot them <FI>with<Fi> an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

7But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

8So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.

8And they cause him to stumble, Against them <FI>is<Fi> their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

8The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

9And all men shall fear; And they shall declare the work of God, And shall wisely consider of his doing.

9And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.

9And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.

10The righteous shall be glad in Jehovah, and shall take refuge in him; And all the upright in heart shall glory.

10The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!

10The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.