Psalm 64

PSALM 64

Prayer for Deliverance from Secret Enemies.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

¹Hear my voice, O God, in ^amy ¹complaint;

^bPreserve my life from dread of the enemy.

²Hide me from the ^asecret counsel of evildoers,

From the tumult of ^bthose who do iniquity,

³Who ^ahave sharpened their tongue like a sword.

They ^baimed bitter speech as their arrow,

⁴To ^ashoot ¹from concealment at the blameless;

Suddenly they shoot at him, and ^bdo not fear.

⁵They ¹hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;

They ²talk of ^alaying snares secretly;

They say, “^bWho can see them?”

⁶They ¹devise injustices, saying,

“We are ²ready with a well-conceived plot”;

For the ^3ainward thought and the heart of a man are ⁴deep.

⁷But ^aGod ¹will shoot at them with an arrow;

Suddenly ²they will be wounded.

⁸So ¹they ²will ^amake him stumble;

^bTheir own tongue is against them;

All who see them will ^cshake the head.

⁹Then all men ¹will ^afear,

And they ²will ^bdeclare the work of God,

And ³will consider ⁴what He has done.

¹⁰The righteous man will be ^aglad in the Lord and will ^btake refuge in Him;

And all the upright in heart will glory.