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
Protection from Evildoers
For the choir director. A psalm of David.
1God, hear my voice when I am in anguish.#Ps 55:2
Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.#Ps 140:1
2Hide me from the scheming of wicked people,#Ps 35:20; 37:12
from the mob of evildoers,#Ps 22:16; 26:5
3who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,#Ps 52:2; 57:4; Pr 25:18
4shooting from concealed places at the blameless.
They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.#Ps 10:8; 11:2
5They adopt#64:5 Or They strengthen themselves with an evil plan;
they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?” #64:5 Or it#Ps 35:7; 140:5; 141:9; Is 29:15
6They devise crimes and say,
“We have perfected a secret plan.”#Ps 21:11; 83:3
The inner man and the heart are mysterious.#Ps 94:11; Pr 20:5; Jr 17:9–10
7But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.#Ps 7:13; 45:5; 144:6
8They will be made to stumble;
their own tongues work against them.
All who see them will shake their heads.#Jr 18:16; 48:27; Lm 2:15
9Then everyone will fear
and will tell about God’s work,
for they will understand what he has done.#Ps 40:3
10The righteous one rejoices in the Lord
and takes refuge in him;
all those who are upright in heart
will offer praise.#Ps 32:11; 68:3; 97:11–12
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