1 Listen to me, O God, as I offer my lament!Protect my life from the enemy’s terrifying attacks.
2 Hide me from the plots of evil men,from the crowd of evildoers.
3 They sharpen their tongues like a sword;they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
4 in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places.They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.