Psalm 64

1 For the one directing. A Psalm of David. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> Hear, O God, my voice in my complaint; from the dread of the enemy, may You preserve my life.

2 Hide me from the counsel of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim a bitter word [as] their arrow,

4 to shoot in secret [at] the blameless; suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.

5 They strengthen themselves [in] a word of evil; they recount the hiding of snares—they say, “Who is looking at them?”

6 They search out injustice: “We have perfected a searching plot.” And the inner man and the heart [is] deep!

7 And God will shoot at them an arrow—suddenly they will be wounded.

8 They will be made to stumble, their own tongue [being] against them; all those looking on them will flee.

9 And all mankind will fear, and they will declare the work of God, and His deed they will wisely consider.

10 A righteous one will be glad in YHWH, and he will take refuge in Him; and let all the upright in heart exult!