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Hide Me from the Wicked
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity,
From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity,
Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the throng of evildoers,
from the throng of evildoers,
Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
And bend their bows to shoot their arrows — bitter words,
And bend their bows to shoot their arrows — bitter words,
who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,
who aim bitter words like arrows,
That they may shoot in secret at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.
Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.
shooting from ambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
They encourage themselves in an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who will see them?”
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who will see them?”
They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see them?”
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see them?”
They devise iniquities:
“We have perfected a shrewd scheme.”
Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.
“We have perfected a shrewd scheme.”
Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.
They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly they shall be wounded.
Suddenly they shall be wounded.
But God shoots his arrow at them;
they are wounded suddenly.
they are wounded suddenly.
So He will make them stumble over their own tongue;
All who see them shall flee away.
All who see them shall flee away.
They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them;
all who see them will wag their heads.
all who see them will wag their heads.
All men shall fear,
And shall declare the work of God;
For they shall wisely consider His doing.
And shall declare the work of God;
For they shall wisely consider His doing.
Then all mankind fears;
they tell what God has brought about
and ponder what he has done.
they tell what God has brought about
and ponder what he has done.