Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing.

To shoot in secret the undefiled.

They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness.

They have talked of hiding snares; they have searched diligently who could find them.

They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search.

Man shall come to a deep heart: and God shall be exalted.

The arrows of children are their wounds: and their tongues against them shall be weakened.

All that saw them were troubled.

And every man was afraid.

And they declared the works of God: and understood his doings.

The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.