Psa 64 | LSB | STEP | For the choir director. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; Guard my life from dread of the enemy.

Psalms 64

Psalm 64

The Righteous Will Be Glad in Yahweh

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

1 Hear my voice, O God, in my ^{▼▼Or concern}complaint;
Guard my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers,
From the tumult of the workers of iniquity,
3 Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
4 To shoot ^{▼▼Lit in}from places of hiding at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.
5 They ^{▼▼Lit make firm}hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;
They ^{▼▼Lit recount}talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who can see them?”
6 They searched out unrighteousness, saying,
“We have completed a diligent search”;
For the ^{▼▼Or inward part}inward thought of a man and his heart are ^{▼▼Or unsearchable}deep.
7 But God ^{▼▼Or shot}will shoot them with an arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.
8 So ^{▼▼Or they make their tongue a stumbling for themselves}they will cause their own tongue to turn against them;
All who see them will shake their head.
9 Then all men ^{▼▼Or feared}will fear,
And they ^{▼▼Or declared}will declare the work of God,
And ^{▼▼Or considered}will consider ^{▼▼Lit His work}what He has done.
10 The righteous man will be glad in Yahweh and will take refuge in Him;
And all the upright in heart will boast.