1. HEAR MY voice, O God, in my complaint; guard and preserve my life from the terror of the enemy.
2. Hide me from the secret counsel and conspiracy of the ungodly, from the scheming of evildoers,
3. Who whet their tongues like a sword, who aim venomous words like arrows,
4. Who shoot from ambush at the blameless man; suddenly do they shoot at him, without self-reproach or fear.
5. They encourage themselves in an evil purpose, they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who will discover us ?