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For the choir director: A psalm of David.
O God, listen to my complaint.
Protect my life from my enemies’ threats.
O God, listen to my complaint.
Protect my life from my enemies’ threats.
Hide me from the plots of this evil mob,
from this gang of wrongdoers.
from this gang of wrongdoers.
Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,
from the plots of evildoers.
from the plots of evildoers.
They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim their bitter words like arrows.
and aim their bitter words like arrows.
They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
They shoot from ambush at the innocent,
attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
They shoot from ambush at the innocent;
they shoot suddenly, without fear.
they shoot suddenly, without fear.
They encourage each other to do evil
and plan how to set their traps in secret.
“Who will ever notice?” they ask.
and plan how to set their traps in secret.
“Who will ever notice?” they ask.
As they plot their crimes, they say,
“We have devised the perfect plan!”
Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.
“We have devised the perfect plan!”
Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.
They plot injustice and say,
“We have devised a perfect plan!”
Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.
“We have devised a perfect plan!”
Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.
But God himself will shoot them with his arrows,
suddenly striking them down.
suddenly striking them down.
But God will shoot them with his arrows;
they will suddenly be struck down.
they will suddenly be struck down.
Their own tongues will ruin them,
and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
He will turn their own tongues against them
and bring them to ruin;
all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
and bring them to ruin;
all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
Then everyone will be afraid;
they will proclaim the mighty acts of God
and realize all the amazing things he does.
they will proclaim the mighty acts of God
and realize all the amazing things he does.
All people will fear;
they will proclaim the works of God
and ponder what he has done.
they will proclaim the works of God
and ponder what he has done.