Psalms 64:1-8 ▼

1 For the choir director. A psalm of David. God, hear my voice when I am in anguish. Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the scheming of wicked people, from the mob of evildoers,

3 who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows,

4 shooting from concealed places at the blameless. They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.

5 They adopt an evil plan; they talk about hiding traps and say, “Who will see them? ”

6 They devise crimes and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” The inner man and the heart are mysterious.

7 But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly, they will be wounded.

8 They will be made to stumble; their own tongues work against them. All who see them will shake their heads.