2Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;

Preserve my life from the terror of the enemy.

3Hide me from the council of evil-doers;

From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;

4Who have whet their tongue like a sword,

And have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;

5That they may shoot in secret places at the blameless;

Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

6They encourage one another in an evil matter;

They converse of laying snares secretly;

They ask, who would see them.

7They search out iniquities, they have accomplished a diligent search;

Even in the inward thought of every one, and the deep heart.

8But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly;

Thence are their wounds.

9So they make their own tongue a stumbling unto themselves;

All that see them shake the head.

10And all men fear;

And they declare the work of God,

And understand His doing.

11The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall take refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart shall glory.