Psalm 64

Psalm 64

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹God, hear me as I tell you my problem.

Don’t let my enemies kill me.

²Hide me from those who make evil plans against me.

Hide me from that crowd of people who are doing evil.

³They make their tongues like sharp swords.

They aim their words like deadly arrows.

⁴They shoot from their hiding places at people who aren’t guilty of doing anything wrong.

They shoot quickly. They aren’t afraid of being caught.

⁵They help each other make evil plans.

They talk about hiding their traps.

They say, “Who can see what we are doing?”

⁶They make plans to do what is evil.

They say, “We have thought up a perfect plan!”

The hearts and minds of people are so clever!

⁷But God will shoot my enemies with his arrows.

He will suddenly strike them down.

⁸He will turn their own words against them.

He will destroy them.

All those who see them will shake their heads

and look down on them.

⁹Everyone will respect God.

They will tell about his works.

They will think about what he has done.

¹⁰Let godly people be full of joy because of what the Lord has done.

Let them go to him for safety.

Let all those whose hearts are honest praise him.