1 Hear my voice, O God, in my¹ meditation;
Preserve my life from fear of the enemy. ‡

2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity,

5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
^aThey say, “Who will see them?” ‡

6 They devise iniquities:
“We have perfected a shrewd scheme.”
Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.