Psalm 64
Common English Bible
Psalm 64
For the music leader. A psalm of David.
64 Listen to me when I complain, God!
Protect my life from the enemy’s terror!
2 Hide me from the secret plots of wicked people;
hide me from the schemes of evildoers
3 who sharpen their tongues like swords.
They aim their arrow—a cruel word—
4 from their hiding places
so as to shoot an innocent person.
They shoot without warning and without fear.
5 They encourage themselves with evil words.
They plan on laying traps in secret.
“Who will be able to see them?” they ask.
6 “Let someone try to expose our crimes!
We’ve devised a perfect plot!
It’s deep within the human mind and heart.”[a]
7 But God will shoot them with an arrow!
Without warning, they will be wounded!
8 The Lord will make them trip over their own tongues;
everyone who sees them will just shake their heads.
9 Then all people will honor God,
will announce the act of God,
will understand it was God’s work.
10 Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord;
let them take refuge in him;
let everyone whose heart is in the right place give praise!
Footnotes
- Psalm 64:6 Heb uncertain
詩篇 64
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
祈求上帝的保護
大衛作的詩，交給樂長。
64 上帝啊，求你傾聽我的苦訴，
求你保護我的性命不受仇敵的威脅。
2 求你保護我免遭惡人的謀害，
使我脫離不法之徒。
3 他們舌頭鋒利如刀，
言語惡毒如箭穿心。
4 他們埋伏起來，
暗箭傷害純全無過的人。
他們突然襲擊，毫無顧忌。
5 他們狼狽為奸，
商量暗設網羅，
以為誰也看不見。
6 他們圖謀不義之事，
認為策劃得無懈可擊。
人心真是狡猾。
7 但上帝必用箭射他們，
將他們突然射倒在地。
8 他們必自作自受，
被自己的舌頭所害。
看見的人都嘲笑他們。
9 這樣，人人必敬畏上帝，
傳揚祂奇妙的作為，
思想祂所做的事。
10 義人必因耶和華而歡欣，
並且投靠祂，
心地正直的人必讚美祂。
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