Psalm 64 New American Standard Bible
Prayer for Rescue from Secret Enemies.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
64 Hear my voice, God, in (A)my [a]complaint;
(B)Protect my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the (C)secret discussion of evildoers,
From the restlessness of (D)the workers of injustice,
3 Who (E)have sharpened their tongues like a sword.
They (F)aimed bitter speech as their arrows,
4 To (G)shoot [b]from concealment at the innocent;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and (H)do not fear.
5 They make firm for themselves an evil [c]purpose;
They [d]talk of (I)setting snares secretly;
They say, “(J)Who can see them?”
6 They [e]devise injustices, saying,
“We are [f]ready with a well-conceived plot”;
For the [g](K)inward thought and the heart of a person are [h]deep.
7 But (L)God [i]will shoot an arrow at them;
Suddenly [j]they will be wounded.
8 So [k]they [l]will (M)make him stumble;
(N)Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will (O)shake their heads.
9 Then all people [m]will (P)fear,
And they [n]will (Q)declare the work of God,
And [o]will consider [p]what He has done.
10 The righteous person will be (R)glad in the Lord and (S)take refuge in Him;
And all the upright in heart will boast.
Footnotes
- Psalm 64:1 Or concern
- Psalm 64:4 Lit in
- Psalm 64:5 Lit matter
- Psalm 64:5 Lit tell of
- Psalm 64:6 Or search out
- Psalm 64:6 Lit complete
- Psalm 64:6 Or inward part
- Psalm 64:6 Or unsearchable
- Psalm 64:7 Or shot
- Psalm 64:7 Or they were wounded; lit their wounds occurred
- Psalm 64:8 Or they make their tongue a stumbling for themselves
- Psalm 64:8 Or made
- Psalm 64:9 Or feared
- Psalm 64:9 Or declared
- Psalm 64:9 Or considered
- Psalm 64:9 Lit His work
Cross references
- Psalm 64:1 : Ps 55:2
- Psalm 64:1 : Ps 140:1
- Psalm 64:2 : Ps 56:6
- Psalm 64:2 : Ps 59:2
- Psalm 64:3 : Ps 140:3
- Psalm 64:3 : Ps 58:7
- Psalm 64:4 : Ps 10:8; 11:2
- Psalm 64:4 : Ps 55:19
- Psalm 64:5 : Ps 140:5
- Psalm 64:5 : Job 22:13; Ps 10:11
- Psalm 64:6 : Ps 49:11
- Psalm 64:7 : Ps 7:12, 13
- Psalm 64:8 : Ps 9:3
- Psalm 64:8 : Prov 12:13; 18:7
- Psalm 64:8 : Ps 22:7; 44:14; Jer 18:16; 48:27; Lam 2:15
- Psalm 64:9 : Ps 40:3
- Psalm 64:9 : Jer 51:10
- Psalm 64:10 : Job 22:19; Ps 32:11
- Psalm 64:10 : Ps 11:1; 25:20
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