Psalms 64
Explore any book, chapter, or verse with the passage bar below. Use VP → (verse parallel) beside a verse to read it across translations.
1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
VP →
2
Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
VP →
3
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
VP →
4
ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
VP →
5
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
VP →
6
They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.
VP →
7
But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
VP →
8
They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
VP →
9
Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
VP →
10
Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.
VP →