1. Listen to me when I complain, God!Protect my life from the enemy’s terror!
2. Hide me from the secret plots of wicked people;hide me from the schemes of evildoers
3. who sharpen their tongues like swords.They aim their arrow—a cruel word—
4. from their hiding placesso as to shoot an innocent person.They shoot without warning and without fear.
5. They encourage themselves with evil words.They plan on laying traps in secret."Who will be able to see them?" they ask.
6. "Let someone try to expose our crimes!We’ve devised a perfect plot!It’s deep within the human mind and heart."
7. But God will shoot them with an arrow!Without warning, they will be wounded!
8. The Lord will make them trip over their own tongues;everyone who sees them will just shake their heads.