Psalm 64

¹Listen to me when I complain, God!

Protect my life from the enemy’s terror!

²Hide me from the secret plots of wicked people;

hide me from the schemes of evildoers

They aim their arrow—a cruel word—

⁴from their hiding places

so as to shoot an innocent person.

They shoot without warning and without fear.

⁵They encourage themselves with evil words.

They plan on laying traps in secret.

⁷But God will shoot them with an arrow!

Without warning, they will be wounded!

⁸The LORD will make them trip over their own tongues;

everyone who sees them will just shake their heads.

⁹Then all people will honor God,

will announce the act of God,

will understand it was God’s work.

¹⁰Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD ;

let them take refuge in him;

let everyone whose heart is in the right place give praise!