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 Laulunjohtajalle. Daavidin psalmi. (H64:2)Kuule ääneni, Jumala, kun valitan. Kun vihollinen uhkaa, varjele minua.

2 (H64:3)Kätke minut pahantekijöiden kiihkolta, väärintekijöiden juonilta.

3 (H64:4)He teroittavat kielensä kuin miekan, jännittävät nuolekseen myrkyllisen sanan,

4 (H64:5)ja äkkiä he piilopaikastaan ampuvat viatonta, ampuvat, eivät pelkää.

7 (H64:8)Jumala ampuu heihin nuolensa, ja äkkiä he ovat täynnä haavoja.

8 (H64:9)He kompastuvat omiin puheisiinsa. Jokainen, joka heidät näkee, pudistaa päätään.

9 (H64:10)Kaikki ihmiset ovat peloissaan. He kertovat, mitä Jumala on tehnyt, ja ottavat opikseen Jumalan teoista.

10 (H64:11)Iloitkoon vanhurskas Herrasta ja luottakoon häneen! Oikeamieliset riemuitkoot!