1. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;guard my life from dread of the enemy.
2. Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked,from the throng of the workers of iniquity;
3. they sharpen their tongue like a sword,and bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
4. that they may shoot in secret at the blameless;suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.
5. They harden themselves in an evil matter;they talk privately of laying snares;they say, “Who will see them?”
6. They devise injustice,saying “We have perfected a secret plot.”Both the inward thought of man and the heart are deep.
7. But God will suddenly shoot them with an arrow;they will be wounded.
8. They will bring ruin on themselvesby their own tongues;all who see them will flee away.
9. All people will fear,and declare the work of God;they will wisely consider His deeds.
10. The righteous will be glad in the Lord,and seek refuge in Him,and all the upright in heart will glory.