1 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, YLT — Psalm 64:1
2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity. YLT — Psalm 64:2
3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word. YLT — Psalm 64:3
4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not. YLT — Psalm 64:4
5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, ‘Who doth look at it?’ YLT — Psalm 64:5
6 They search out perverse things, ‘We perfected a searching search,’ And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep. YLT — Psalm 64:6
7 And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds, YLT — Psalm 64:7
8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away. YLT — Psalm 64:8
9 And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely. YLT — Psalm 64:9
10 The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart! YLT — Psalm 64:10