They makeshrewdplansagainstYour people,And conspiretogether againstYour treasuredones.
He lurksin a hidingplaceas a lionin his lair;He lurksto catchthe afflicted;He catchesthe afflictedwhen he drawshim into his net.
Whyare the nationsin an uproarAnd the peoplesdevisinga vainthing?
For in the dayof troubleHe will concealme in His tabernacle;In the secretplaceof His tentHe will hideme; He will liftme up on a rock.
You hidethem in the secretplaceof Your presencefrom the conspiraciesof man;You keepthem secretlyin a shelterfrom the strifeof tongues.
They attack,they lurk,They watchmy steps,As they have waited[to take] my life.
Hideme from the secretcounselof evildoers,From the tumultof those who doiniquity,
He who dwellsin the shelterof the MostHighWill abidein the shadowof the Almighty.
"Come,let us dealwiselywith them, orelsethey will multiplyand in the eventof war,they will alsojointhemselves to those whohateus, and fightagainst us and departfrom the land."
For you have diedand your lifeis hiddenwith Christin God.
Now noblacksmithcould be foundin allthe landof Israel,for the Philistinessaid,"Otherwisethe Hebrewswill makeswordsorspears."
