Psalms 64

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.

1 Hear, OGod, my voice in my plaint; 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,

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

2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

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

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

3 Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;

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

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

4 That they may shoot in secret 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.

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

5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; 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?'

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.

6 They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward [thought] and heart 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.

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

7 ButGod will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;

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

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

8 By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.

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

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

9 And all men shall fear, and shall declareGod's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.

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

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

10 The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust 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!