Psalm 64--Hide Me from the Wicked

Psalm 64
English Standard Version

Hide Me from the Wicked
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
64 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
    preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
    from the throng of evildoers,
3 who whet their tongues like swords,
    who aim bitter words like arrows,
4 shooting from ambush at the blameless,
    shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;
    they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see them?”
6     They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
    For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

7 But God shoots his arrow at them;
    they are wounded suddenly.
8 They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them;
    all who see them will wag their heads.
9 Then all mankind fears;
    they tell what God has brought about
    and ponder what he has done.

​10 Let the righteous one rejoice in the LORD
    and take refuge in him!
Let all the upright in heart exult!

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Though there is no superscript to tell us this, I would assume that this psalm was probably written when David was running form King Saul.  Why?  Because David doesn't ask the LORD to slay his enemies like he does when those enemies are from pagan nations, but instead he asks the LORD to hide him from his enemies.  That makes me think of the many times that David hid in caves and Saul and his men would come so close to David and his men (sometimes even coming into the same cave as them) and David and his men would not be found.  David did not wish to lay a hand on the LORD's anointed (Saul had still been anointed king of Israel and there would be no assassination attempts on David's watch).  The attacks from David's enemies came not only with violent actions, but words that were meant to assassinate David's character, and those words were lies.  The feet of these enemies ran to evil and iniquity, and they took delight in their schemes and snares they had set.

However, God is a Mighty Warrior who shoots His arrow from heaven, and it does not miss its target--just like when Saul dies, a "random" arrow shoots Saul in the one place his armor is weak.  It was as if the LORD Himself shot that arrow and gave it direction to hit its mark so perfectly.  They will be caught up in the traps they have laid for others and their own words will be their undoing.  Everyone will see them for the frauds they are, and no one will believe them any longer.  The actions of the LORD will make all mankind fear and worship Him.

Therefore, the righteous will take refuge in Him, and the upright (the just or the righteous) in heart will exult (will praise and worship the LORD in adoration and thanksgiving, telling everyone how worship of glory and honor and praise He is for who He is and what He has done).