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Psalm 64

Prayer for Rescue from Secret Enemies.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

Hear my voice, God, in my (a)64:1 Or concerncomplaint;

Protect my life from dread of the enemy.

Hide me from the secret discussion of evildoers,

From the restlessness of the workers of injustice,

Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword.

They aimed bitter speech as their arrows,Psa 55:21; Psa 59:7; Jer 9:3

To shoot (b)64:4 Lit infrom concealment at the innocent;

Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.

They make firm for themselves an evil (c)64:5 Lit matterpurpose;

They (d)64:5 Lit tell oftalk of setting snares secretly;

They say, “Who can see them?”Job 22:13; Job 24:15

They (e)64:6 Or search outdevise injustices, saying,

“We are (f)64:6 Lit completeready with a well-conceived plot”;

For the (g)64:6 Or inward partinward thought and the heart of a person are (h)64:6 Or unsearchabledeep.Jer 17:9

¶But God (i)64:7 Or shotwill shoot an arrow at them;

Suddenly (j)64:7 Or they were wounded; lit their wounds occurredthey will be wounded.

So (k)64:8 Or they make their tongue a stumbling for themselvesthey (l)64:8 Or madewill make him stumble;

Their own tongue is against them;

All who see them will shake their heads.Psa 7:15

Then all people (m)64:9 Or fearedwill fear,

And they (n)64:9 Or declaredwill declare the work of God,

And (o)64:9 Or consideredwill consider (p)64:9 Lit His workwhat He has done.Exo 8:19; Est 8:17

The righteous person will be glad in the Lord and take refuge in Him;

And all the upright in heart will boast.Psa 32:11