Psalm 64

Prayer for Rescue from Secret Enemies.

1Hear my voice, God, in my complaint;[#64:1 Or concern]

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 from concealment at the innocent;[#64:4 Lit in]

Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.

5They make firm for themselves an evil purpose;[#64:5 Lit matter]

They talk of setting snares secretly;

They say, “Who can see them?”

6They devise injustices, saying,[#64:6 Or search out]

“We are ready with a well-conceived plot”;

For the inward thought and the heart of a person are deep.

7¶But God will shoot an arrow at them;[#64:7 Or shot]

Suddenly they will be wounded.

8So they will make him stumble;[#64:8 Or they make their tongue a stumbling for themselves; #64:8 Or made]

Their own tongue is against them;

All who see them will shake their heads.

9Then all people will fear,[#64:9 Or feared]

And they will declare the work of God,

And will consider what 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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