1 To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. 2 \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.3 \64:2\Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;4 \64:3\Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;5 \64:4\So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.6 \64:5\They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,7 \64:6\Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.8 \64:7\But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.9 \64:8\The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.10 \64:9\And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.11 \64:10\The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.

1 [To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,3 Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, {and} have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?6 They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward {thought} and heart is deep.7 But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;8 By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.10 The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.