² Hide me from the conspiracy^(A) of the wicked,^(B)
    from the plots of evildoers.
³ They sharpen their tongues like swords^(C)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.^(D)
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent;^(E)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.^(F)

⁵ They encourage each other in evil plans,
    they talk about hiding their snares;^(G)
    they say, “Who will see it^[a]?”^(H)
6 They plot injustice and say,
    “We have devised a perfect plan!”
    Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

⁷ But God will shoot them with his arrows;
    they will suddenly be struck down.
⁸ He will turn their own tongues against them^(I)
    and bring them to ruin;
    all who see them will shake their heads^(J) in scorn.^(K)

³ “They make ready their tongue
    like a bow, to shoot lies;^(A)
it is not by truth
    that they triumph^[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
    they do not acknowledge^(B) me,”
declares the Lord.