3 Hide me from the conspiracy of evildoers, from the tumult of workers of iniquity,
4 who sharpened their tongue like a sword, and aimed their arrow—bitter words,
5 to shoot from hiding at the innocent, shooting suddenly at him, with no fear.
6 They are firming up their evil plan. They talk about setting secret traps. They asked, “Who would see them?”
7 They are plotting injustices: “We have completed a perfect plot!” A man’s inward part and heart are deep.
8 But God will shoot them with an arrow— suddenly their wounds will appear.
9 So their tongue will be their downfall. All who see them will flee away.