| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New Living Translation |
| 1For the choir director. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; Preserve my life from dread of the enemy. | 1O God, listen to my complaint. Protect my life from my enemies’ threats. |
| 2Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of those who do iniquity, | 2Hide me from the plots of this evil mob, from this gang of wrongdoers. |
| 3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrow, | 3They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows. |
| 4To shoot from concealment at the blameless; Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear. | 4They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly. |
| 5They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, "Who can see them?" | 5They encourage each other to do evil and plan how to set their traps in secret. “Who will ever notice?” they ask. |
| 6They devise injustices, saying, "We are ready with a well-conceived plot"; For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep. | 6As they plot their crimes, they say, “We have devised the perfect plan!” Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning. |
| 7But God will shoot at them with an arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded. | 7But God himself will shoot them with his arrows, suddenly striking them down. |
| 8So they will make him stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will shake the head. | 8Their own tongues will ruin them, and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn. |
| 9Then all men will fear, And they will declare the work of God, And will consider what He has done. | 9Then everyone will be afraid; they will proclaim the mighty acts of God and realize all the amazing things he does. |
| 10The righteous man will be glad in the LORD and will take refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart will glory. | 10The godly will rejoice in the LORD and find shelter in him. And those who do what is right will praise him. |
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