¹大卫的诗，交给诗班长。　神啊！我哀诉的时候，求你垂听我的声音；求你保护我的性命，脱离仇敌的恐吓。

¹To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

²求你把我隐藏，使我脱离恶人的阴谋，脱离作孽的人的扰乱。

²Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

³他们磨快自己的舌头，如同刀剑；他们吐出恶毒的言语，好像利箭，

³Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.

⁴要在暗地里射杀完全的人；他们忽然射杀他，毫不惧怕。

⁴To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

⁵他们彼此鼓励，设下恶计，商议暗设网罗，说：“谁能看见它们呢？”

⁵They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?`

⁶他们图谋奸恶，说：“我们设计了最精密的阴谋！”人的意念和心思实在深不可测。

⁶They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,` And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep.

⁷但　神要用箭射他们，他们必忽然受伤。

⁷And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

⁸他们各人反被自己的舌头所害，必然跌倒；所有看见他们的，都必摇头。

⁸And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

⁹众人都要惧怕，要传扬　神的作为，并且要思想他所作的事。

⁹And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.

¹⁰愿义人因耶和华欢喜，并且投靠他；愿所有心里正直的人，都因他夸耀。

¹⁰The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!