Hide Me from the Wicked

64 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1  Hear my voice, O God, in my mcomplaint;

preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

2  Hide me from nthe secret plots of the wicked,

from the throng of evildoers,

3  who owhet their tongues like swords,

who paim bitter words like arrows,

4  shooting from qambush at the blameless,

shooting at him suddenly and rwithout fear.

5  They shold fast to their evil purpose;

they talk of tlaying snares secretly,

thinking, u“Who can see them?”

6  They search out injustice,

saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”

For vthe inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

7  wBut God shoots his arrow at them;

they are wounded suddenly.

8  They are brought to ruin, with their own xtongues turned against them;

all who ysee them will zwag their heads.

9  Then all mankind yfears;

they atell what God has brought about

and ponder what he has done.

10  Let bthe righteous one rejoice in the Lord

and ctake refuge in him!

Let all dthe upright in heart exult!

The Law of the Lord Is Perfect

19 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1  iThe heavens declare the glory of God,

and the sky above1 proclaims his handiwork.

2  Day to day pours out speech,

and night to night reveals knowledge.

3  There is no speech, nor are there words,

whose voice is not heard.

4  jTheir kvoice2 goes out through all the earth,

and their words to the end of the world.

In them he has set a tent for lthe sun,

5  mwhich comes out like na bridegroom leaving his chamber,

and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.

6  Its rising is from the end of the heavens,

and its circuit to the end of them,

and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

7  oThe law of the Lord is perfect,3

previving the soul;

qthe testimony of the Lord is rsure,

smaking wise tthe simple;

8  uthe precepts of the Lord are right,

rejoicing the heart;

the commandment of the Lord is vpure,

wenlightening the eyes;

9  the fear of the Lord is clean,

enduring forever;

the rules4 of the Lord are xtrue,

and righteous altogether.

10  More to be desired are they than ygold,

even much zfine gold;

asweeter also than honey

and drippings of bthe honeycomb.

11  Moreover, by them is your servant warned;

cin keeping them there is great reward.

12  dWho can discern his errors?

eDeclare me innocent from fhidden faults.

13  gKeep back your servant also from hpresumptuous sins;

let them not have idominion over me!

Then I shall be blameless,

and innocent of great transgression.

14  Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

be acceptable in your sight,

O Lord, my jrock and my kredeemer.

Trust in the Name of the Lord Our God

20 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1  May the Lord lanswer you in the day of trouble!

May mthe name of the God of Jacob nprotect you!

2  May he send you help from othe sanctuary

and give you support from pZion!

3  May he qremember all your offerings

and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah

4  May he rgrant you your heart’s desire

and fulfill all your plans!

5  May we shout for joy over syour salvation,

and in the name of our God set up our tbanners!

May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!

6  Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;

he will answer him from his holy heaven

with uthe saving might of his right hand.

7  Some trust in vchariots and some in whorses,

xbut we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

8  They collapse and fall,

but we rise and stand upright.

9  O Lord, save ythe king!

May he answer us when we call.