Psalm 64
Darby Translation
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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1Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:
2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?
6They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward [thought] and heart is deep.
7But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;
8By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
9And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.
10The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
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