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Psalm 64:1–2

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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

64:2Hide me from the plots of evil men,

from the crowd of evildoers.4

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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.
  4. 4 Heb “workers of wickedness.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;

preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,

from the throng of evildoers,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

protect my life from the threat of the enemy.

Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,

from the plots of evildoers.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God, hear my voice when I am in anguish.

Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

Hide me from the scheming of wicked people,

from the mob of evildoers,

NLTNew Living Translation

O God, listen to my complaint.

Protect my life from my enemies’ threats.

Hide me from the plots of this evil mob,

from this gang of wrongdoers.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Hear my voice, O God, in my lamenting.

Preserve my life from the fear of the enemy.

Hide me from the secret plots of evildoers,

from the unrest of those who do iniquity,

KJV 1900King James Version

Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer:

Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked;

From the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: