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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Psalms 64
64
Psalm 64
Prayer for Rescue from Secret Enemies.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
1Hear my voice, God, in my #64:1 Or concerncomplaint;
Protect my life from dread of the enemy.
2Hide me from the secret discussion of evildoers,
From the restlessness of the workers of injustice,
3Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrows,
4To shoot #64:4 Lit infrom concealment at the innocent;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.
5They make firm for themselves an evil #64:5 Lit matterpurpose;
They #64:5 Lit tell oftalk of setting snares secretly;
They say, “Who can see them?”
6They #64:6 Or search outdevise injustices, saying,
“We are #64:6 Lit completeready with a well-conceived plot”;
For the #64:6 Or inward partinward thought and the heart of a person are #64:6 Or unsearchabledeep.
7¶But God #64:7 Or shotwill shoot an arrow at them;
Suddenly #64:7 Or they were wounded; lit their wounds occurredthey will be wounded.
8So #64:8 Or they make their tongue a stumbling for themselvesthey #64:8 Or madewill make him stumble;
Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will shake their heads.
9Then all people #64:9 Or fearedwill fear,
And they #64:9 Or declaredwill declare the work of God,
And #64:9 Or consideredwill consider #64:9 Lit His workwhat He has done.
10The righteous person will be glad in the Lord and take refuge in Him;
And all the upright in heart will boast.
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