Psalm 64

Prayer for Rescue from Secret Enemies.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

1 Hear my voice, God, in my *64:1 Or concerncomplaint;

Protect my life from dread of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the secret discussion of evildoers,

From the restlessness of the workers of injustice,

3 Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.

They aimed bitter speech as their arrows,

4 To shoot *64:4 Lit infrom concealment at the innocent;

Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.

5 They make firm for themselves an evil *64:5 Lit matterpurpose;

They *64:5 Lit tell oftalk of setting snares secretly;

They say, "Who can see them?"

6 They *64:6 Or search outdevise injustices, saying,

"We are *64:6 Lit completeready with a well-conceived plot";

For the *64:6 Or inward partinward thought and the heart of a person are *64:6 Or unsearchabledeep.

7 But God *64:7 Or shotwill shoot an arrow at them;

Suddenly *64:7 Or they were wounded; lit their wounds occurredthey will be wounded.

8 So *64:8 Or they make their tongue a stumbling for themselvesthey *64:8 Or madewill make him stumble;

Their own tongue is against them;

All who see them will shake their heads.

9 Then all people *64:9 Or fearedwill fear,

And they *64:9 Or declaredwill declare the work of God,

And *64:9 Or consideredwill consider *64:9 Lit His workwhat He has done.

10 The righteous person will be glad in the Lord and take refuge in Him;

And all the upright in heart will boast.