64 Hear my voice, O God, in my lamenting.
Preserve my life from the fear of the enemy.
² Hide me from the secret plots^[b] of evildoers,
from the unrest of those who do iniquity,
³ who sharpen their tongue like a sword.
They bend their bow to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
⁴ to shoot from^[c] their^[d] hiding places at the blameless.
Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.
⁵ They encourage themselves in the evil matter.
They talk of secretly laying snares.
They say, “Who will see them?”
⁶ They carefully plot^[e] injustices saying,
“We have perfected the perfect plot!”^[f]
Both the inner thought^[g] and heart of a man are deep.
⁷ But God will shoot them;
with an arrow they will suddenly be wounded.
^8 [h] And they who would cause him^[i] to stumble,
their own tongue will be against them.
All who gaze on them will shake.^[j]
9 And then^[k] all men^[l] will fear,
and will declare the working of God,
and will understand his doing.
¹⁰ The righteous will rejoice in Yahweh and take refuge in him,
and all the upright in heart will boast.