1 O God, hear my voice when I complain. Keep my life safe from the fear of those who hate me.

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

2 H ide me from the secret plans of the sinful and from the noise of those who do bad things.

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

3 T hey have made their tongues sharp like a sword. They use poison words like arrows.

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

4 T hey shoot at the man without blame from their hiding place. They are quick to shoot at him and are not afraid.

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

5 T hey talk each other into doing sinful things. They talk about setting hidden traps. They say, “Who will see them?”

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

6 T hey think of ways to do bad things, and say, “We have made a perfect plan!” For the inside thoughts and the heart of a man are deep.

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

7 B ut God will shoot at them with an arrow. They will be hurt very soon.

And God doth shoot them an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

8 T hey will be made to trip and fall. Their own tongue is against them. All who see them will shake their heads.

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

9 T hen all men will be afraid. They will tell about the work of God. And they will think about what He has done.

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

10 T he man who is right and good will be glad in the Lord and go to Him to be safe. All those whose hearts are right will give Him praise.

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