Psalm 64

¹ Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

² Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the throng of evildoers,

³ who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,

⁴ shooting from ambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and without fear.

⁵ They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, 'Who can see them?'

⁶ They search out injustice,
saying, 'We have accomplished a diligent search.'
For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep!

⁷ But God shoots his arrow at them;
they are wounded suddenly.

⁸ They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them;
all who see them will wag their heads.

⁹ Then all mankind fears;
they tell what God has brought about
and ponder what he has done.

¹⁰ Let the righteous one rejoice in the LORD
and take refuge in him!
Let all the upright in heart exult!