Psalms

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

1Hear my voice, God, in my complaint.Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

2Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

3who sharpen their tongue like a sword,and aim their arrows, deadly words,

4to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

5They encourage themselves in evil plans.They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”

6They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!”Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning.

7But God will shoot at them.They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

8Their own tongues shall ruin them.All who see them will shake their heads.

9All mankind shall be afraid.They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.

10The righteous shall be glad in the LORD,and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!

1To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

2Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

3Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.

4To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

5They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

6They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep.

7And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

8And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

9And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.

10The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!