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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5 T hey encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. 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 plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning.

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. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

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

8 T heir own tongues shall ruin 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 A ll mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.

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

10 T he righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!

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