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Psalm 64:1

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64:1Listen to me,1 O God, as I offer my lament!

Protect2 my life from the enemy’s terrifying attacks.3

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Heb “my voice.”
  2. 2 The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s request.
  3. 3 Heb “from the terror of [the] enemy.” “Terror” is used here metonymically for the enemy’s attacks that produce fear because they threaten the psalmist’s life.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;

preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint;

protect my life from the threat of the enemy.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God, hear my voice when I am in anguish.

Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

NLTNew Living Translation

O God, listen to my complaint.

Protect my life from my enemies’ threats.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Hear my voice, O God, in my lamenting.

Preserve my life from the fear of the enemy.

KJV 1900King James Version

Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer:

Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.