תהילים ס״דPsalms 64

For the leader. A psalm of David.

Hear my voice, O God, when I plead;
guard my life from the enemy’s terror.

Hide me from a band of evildoers,
from a crowd of wrongdoers,

who whet their tongues like swords;
they aim their arrows—cruel words—

to shoot from hiding at someone blameless,
shooting suddenly and without fear.

They arm themselves with an evil word;
when they speak, it is to conceal traps;
they think, “Who will see them?”

Let the wrongdoings they have concealed, with some mss. (cf. Minḥat Shai) and Rashi; most printed editions tamnu, traditionally rendered “they have accomplished.”
each one’s inner, secret thoughts,
be wholly exposed.

God shall shoot them with arrows;
they shall be struck down suddenly.

Their tongue shall be their downfall;
all who see them shall recoil in horror;

all people shall stand in awe;
they shall proclaim the work of God
whose deed they perceived.

In GOD shall the righteous rejoice
and take refuge;
all the upright shall exult.