Psalms 64
64
PSALM 64
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician,
A Psalm of David.
1When I to thee my prayer make,
Lord, to my voice give ear;
My life save from the enemy,
of whom I stand in fear.
2Me from their secret counsel hide
who do live wickedly;
From insurrection of those men
that work iniquity:
3Who do their tongues with malice whet,
and make them cut like swords;
In whose bent bows are arrows set,
ev'n sharp and bitter words:
4That they may at the perfect man
in secret aim their shot;
Yea, suddenly they dare at him to shoot,
and fear it not.
5In ill encourage they themselves,
and their snares close do lay:
Together conference they have;
Who shall them see? they say.
6They have search'd out iniquities,
a perfect search they keep:
Of each of them the inward thought,
and very heart, is deep.
7God shall an arrow shoot at them,
and wound them suddenly:
8So their own tongue shall them confound;
all who them see shall fly.
9And on all men a fear shall fall,
God's works they shall declare;
For they shall wisely notice take
what these his doings are.
10In God the righteous shall rejoice,
and trust upon his might;
Yea, they shall greatly glory all
in heart that are upright.
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Tehillim (Psa) 64
64
1For the leader. A psalm of David:
2Hear my voice, God, as I plead:
preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
3Hide me from the secret intrigues of the wicked
and the open insurrection of evildoers.
4They sharpen their tongues like a sword;
they aim their arrows, poisoned words,
5in order to shoot from cover at the innocent,
shooting suddenly and fearing nothing.
6They support each other’s evil plans;
they talk of hiding snares
and ask, “Who would see them?”
7They search for ways to commit crimes,
bringing their diligent search to completion
when each of them has thought it through
in the depth of his heart.
8Suddenly God shoots them down with an arrow,
leaving them with wounds;
9their own tongues make them stumble.
All who see them shake their heads.
10Everyone is awestruck —
they acknowledge that it is God at work,
they understand what he has done.
11The righteous will rejoice in Adonai;
they will take refuge in him;
all the upright in heart will exult.
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