1. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;

1. guard my life from dread of the enemy.

2. Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked,

2. from the throng of the workers of iniquity;

3. they sharpen their tongue like a sword,

3. and bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,

4. that they may shoot in secret at the blameless;

4. suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.

5. They harden themselves in an evil matter;

5. they talk privately of laying snares;

5. they say, “Who will see them?”

6. They devise injustice,

6. saying “We have perfected a secret plot.”

6. Both the inward thought of man and the heart are deep.

7. But God will suddenly shoot them with an arrow;

7. they will be wounded.

8. They will bring ruin on themselves

8. by their own tongues;

8. all who see them will flee away.

9. All people will fear,

9. and declare the work of God;

9. they will wisely consider His deeds.

10. The righteous will be glad in the Lord,

10. and seek refuge in Him,

10. and all the upright in heart will glory.