| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy. | 1O God, listen to my complaint. Protect my life from my enemies’ threats. |
| 2Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity, | 2Hide me from the plots of this evil mob, from this gang of wrongdoers. |
| 3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, | 3They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows. |
| 4ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear. | 4They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly. |
| 5They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say. | 5They encourage each other to do evil and plan how to set their traps in secret. “Who will ever notice?” they ask. |
| 6They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious. | 6As they plot their crimes, they say, “We have devised the perfect plan!” Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning. |
| 7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded. | 7But God himself will shoot them with his arrows, suddenly striking them down. |
| 8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads. | 8Their own tongues will ruin them, and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn. |
| 9Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done. | 9Then everyone will be afraid; they will proclaim the mighty acts of God and realize all the amazing things he does. |
| 10Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult. | 10The godly will rejoice in the LORD and find shelter in him. And those who do what is right will praise him. |
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