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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.
The Hurtful Tongue
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:
Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the throng of evildoers,
from the throng of evildoers,
Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,
who aim bitter words like arrows,
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
shooting from ambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
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 encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?
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.
They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward [thought] and heart is deep.
But God shoots his arrow at them;
they are wounded suddenly.
they are wounded suddenly.
But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;
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.
By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
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.
And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.