64:1 For the director of music. A psalm of David. Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.
64:2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from that noisy crowd of evildoers.
64:3 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like deadly arrows.
64:4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent man; they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.
64:5 They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, “Who will see them?”
64:6 They plot injustice and say, “We have devised a perfect plan!” Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.
64:7 But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be struck down.
64:8 He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
64:9 All mankind will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.
64:10 Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him; let all the upright in heart praise him!
64:1 Hear, O God, my voice in my complaint; / Preserve my life from the enemy s dread.
64:2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, / From the throng of the workers of iniquity,
64:3 Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, / Who have aimed their arrow, their bitter word,
64:4 To shoot in secret places at the perfect man. / They shoot suddenly at him and do not fear.
64:5 They firm up for themselves an evil matter; / They talk of laying snares secretly; / They say, Who will see them?
64:6 They seek out injustices, saying: / We have completed a carefully sought-out plan. / Indeed each man s inward thought / And heart are deep.
64:7 But God will shoot an arrow at them; / Suddenly they are wounded.
64:8 They are made to stumble over each other by their own tongue; / All who see them shake their heads.
64:9 And all men will fear / And declare what has been done by God, / And they will ponder His work.
64:10 The righteous man will rejoice in Jehovah and take refuge in Him, / And all the upright in heart will boast.