Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD and shall become secure in him, and all the upright in heart shall glory in him.

Who whet their tongue like a sword and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words

They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they attempt to hide the snares; they say, Who shall see them?

And all men shall fear and shall declare the work of God, for they shall understand his doing.

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked, from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

So they shall make their own council and agreements to fall upon themselves; all that see them shall flee away.

They search out iniquities; they perfect and put into effect that which they have invented in the inward thought of each one of them and that which they have devised in their heart.

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not.