[1] Hear my voice, God, in my complaint; Protect my life from dread of the enemy. [2] Hide me from the secret discussion of evildoers, From the restlessness of the workers of injustice, [3] Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrows, [4] To shoot from concealment at the innocent; Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear. [5] They make firm for themselves an evil purpose; They talk of setting snares secretly; They say, “Who can see them?” [6] They devise injustices, saying, “We are ready with a well-conceived plot”; For the inward thought and the heart of a person are deep. [7] But God will shoot an arrow at them; Suddenly they will be wounded. [8] So they will make him stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will shake their heads. [9] Then all people will fear, And they will declare the work of God, And will consider what He has done. [10] The righteous person will be glad in the Lord and take refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart will boast.
