​¹Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
preserve my life from the dread enemy.
²Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the scheming of evildoers,
³who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,
⁴shooting from ambush at the blameless;
they shoot suddenly and without fear.
⁵They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, "Who can see us?
⁶Who can search out our crimes?
We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot."
For the human heart and mind are deep.
⁷But God will shoot his arrow at them;
they will be wounded suddenly.
⁸Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin;
all who see them will shake with horror.
⁹Then everyone will fear;
they will tell what God has brought about,
and ponder what he has done.
¹⁰Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD
and take refuge in him.
Let all the upright in heart glory.