Psalm 64

 

For the director of music.  A psalm of David.

 

 

1                    Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.

 

2                    Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from that noisy crowd of evildoers.

 

3                    They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like deadly arrows.

 

4                    They shoot from ambush at the innocent man; they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.

 

5                    They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, “Who will see them [a] ?”

 

6                    They plot injustice and say, “We have devised a perfect plan!”  Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.

 

7                    But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be struck down.

 

8                    He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

 

9                    All mankind will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what He has done.

 

10               Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart praise Him!