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Hide me from the secret plots[a] of evildoers,
from the unrest of those who do iniquity,
who sharpen their tongue like a sword.
They bend their bow to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
to shoot from[b] their[c] hiding places at the blameless.
Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 64:2 Hebrew “plot”
  2. Psalm 64:4 Hebrew “in”
  3. Psalm 64:4 Hebrew “the”

Hide me from the conspiracy(A) of the wicked,(B)
    from the plots of evildoers.
They sharpen their tongues like swords(C)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.(D)
They shoot from ambush at the innocent;(E)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.(F)

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