Psalm 64
Bible in Basic English
Chapter overview
Psalm 64 asks protection from secret conspiracies and cruel speech sharpened like arrows. The wicked assume their traps cannot be seen, yet their own words expose them when justice arrives, leaving the upright to rejoice and take refuge.
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1O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.
2Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;
3Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
4So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.
5They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,
6Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.
7But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.
8The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
9And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.
10The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.
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