Psalm 64
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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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1(64-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (64-2) Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from the terror of the enemy.
2(64-3) Hide me from the council of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity;
3(64-4) Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;
4(64-5) That they may shoot in secret places at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5(64-6) They encourage one another in an evil matter; they converse of laying snares secretly; they ask, who would see them.
6(64-7) They search out iniquities, they have accomplished a diligent search; even in the inward thought of every one, and the deep heart.
7(64-8) But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds.
8(64-9) So they make their own tongue a stumbling unto themselves; all that see them shake the head.
9(64-10) And all men fear; and they declare the work of God, and understand His doing.
10(64-11) The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall take refuge in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
JPS TaNaKH 1917 — Public Domain. Where these translations come from.