1. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
2. Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,from the throng of evildoers,
3. who whet their tongues like swords,who aim bitter words like arrows,
4. shooting from ambush at the blameless,shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
5. They hold fast to their evil purpose;they talk of laying snares secretly,thinking, “Who can see them?”
6. They search out injustice,saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.
7. But God shoots his arrow at them;they are wounded suddenly.