Psalm 64

Complete Jewish Bible

64 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾Hear my voice, God, as I plead:
preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
³⁽²⁾Hide me from the secret intrigues of the wicked
and the open insurrection of evildoers.
⁴⁽³⁾They sharpen their tongues like a sword;
they aim their arrows, poisoned words,
⁵⁽⁴⁾in order to shoot from cover at the innocent,
shooting suddenly and fearing nothing.
⁶⁽⁵⁾They support each other’s evil plans;
they talk of hiding snares
and ask, “Who would see them?”
⁷⁽⁶⁾They 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.

⁸⁽⁷⁾Suddenly God shoots them down with an arrow,
leaving them with wounds;
⁹⁽⁸⁾their own tongues make them stumble.
All who see them shake their heads.
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Everyone is awestruck —
they acknowledge that it is God at work,
they understand what he has done.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾The righteous will rejoice in Adonai;
they will take refuge in him;
all the upright in heart will exult.

Psalm 64

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 64

Protection from Evildoers

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.

¹God, hear my voice when I complain.^(A)
Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.^(B)
²Hide me from the scheming of wicked people,^(C)
from the mob of evildoers,^(D)
³who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,^(E)
⁴shooting from concealed places at the innocent.
They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.^(F)
⁵They encourage each other in an evil plan;^[a]^[b]
they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?”^[c]^(G)
⁶They devise crimes and say,
“We have perfected a secret plan.”^(H)
The inner man and the heart are mysterious.

⁷But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.^(I)
⁸They will be made to stumble;
their own tongues work against them.
All who see them will shake their heads.^(J)
⁹Then everyone will fear
and will tell about God’s work,
for they will understand what He has done.^(K)

¹⁰The righteous one rejoices in the Lord
and takes refuge in Him;
all those who are upright in heart
will offer praise.^(L)

Footnotes

Psalm 64:5 Or thing; lit word
Psalm 64:5 Or They hold fast to an evil purpose, or They establish for themselves an evil purpose
Psalm 64:5 Or us, or it

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