Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageSee how the wicked draw back the bow, how they notch the arrow against the string — to shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are true.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GFor look — the wicked are already stringing the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the cord to shoot through the darkness at the upright of heart.
KJV
King James VersionFor, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleFor behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Footnotes
The Hebrew *yishrei-lev* (יִשְׁרֵי־לֵב), 'upright of heart,' is a compound moral descriptor: *yashar* (straight, level) joined to *lev* (the heart as seat of will and character). The wicked shoot *bemo-ophel* (בְּמוֹ־אֹפֶל), 'in/through the darkness' — not mere night but the moral opacity that enables cowardly, hidden attack. FOG renders the phrase literally to preserve its physical menace; FOG Message uses 'from the shadows' to draw out the stealth and cowardice of opposition to the godly. Note also the bird motif from v.1 — those who urge flight have themselves become hunters.