Psalm 64
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1God, hear me as I tell you my problem.
Don’t let my enemies kill me.
2Hide me from evil people who talk about how to harm me.
Hide me from those people who are planning to do evil.
3They make their tongues like sharp swords.
They aim their mean words like deadly arrows.
4They shoot from their hiding places at people who aren’t guilty.
They shoot quickly and aren’t afraid of being caught.
5They help one another make evil plans.
They talk about hiding their traps.
They say, “Who can see what we are doing?”
6They make plans to do what is evil.
They say, “We have thought up a perfect plan!”
The hearts and minds of people are so clever!
7But God will shoot my enemies with his arrows.
He will suddenly strike them down.
8He will turn their own words against them.
He will destroy them.
All those who see them will shake their heads
and look down on them.
9All people will respect God.
They will tell about his works.
They will think about what he has done.
10Godly people will be full of joy because of what the Lord has done.
They will go to him for safety.
All those whose hearts are honest will be proud of what he has done.
Psalm 64
Bön om beskydd när det onda hotar
1För körledaren. En psalm av David.
2Hör mig, Gud, när jag klagar!
Bevara mitt liv när fienden hotar.
3Göm mig för de ondas hop,
för skocken av dem som gör orätt.
4De vässar sina tungor som svärd.
De avlossar sina grymma ord som pilar,
5för att från sina bakhåll skjuta på den oskyldige.
Plötsligt och utan fruktan skjuter de.
6De eggar varandra i sin onda plan.
De talar om att i hemlighet sätta ut fällor.
”Ingen kommer att se dem,” säger de.
7De tänker ut onda planer
och säger: ”Vi har planerat det perfekt!”
Outgrundligt är människans innersta.
8Men Gud själv skjuter dem med pil,
plötsligt slås de ner.
9Deras egen tunga bringar dem på fall,
och alla som ser dem skakar på huvudet.
10Alla människor blir rädda,
de förkunnar Guds verk
och inser vad han har gjort.
11Den rättfärdige gläder sig i Herren
och tar sin tillflykt till honom.
Alla rättsinniga prisar honom.
