Psalms 64

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

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 the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

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

3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

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

4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at 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 matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

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

6They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is 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 shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

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

8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee 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 shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

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 the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

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