Psalms 64
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Heare my voyce, O God, in my prayer: preserue my life from feare of the enemie.
Unto the end, a psalm for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the conspiracie of the wicked, and from the rage of the workers of iniquitie.
Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.
3 Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.
For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,
4 To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not.
To shoot in secret the undefiled.
5 They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them?
They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?
6 They haue sought out iniquities, and haue accomplished that which they sought out, euen euery one his secret thoughtes, and the depth of his heart.
They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:
7 But God will shoote an arrowe at them suddenly: their strokes shalbe at once.
And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:
8 They shall cause their owne tongue to fall vpon them: and whosoeuer shall see them, shall flee away.
And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;
9 And all men shall see it, and declare the worke of God, and they shall vnderstand, what he hath wrought.
And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God: and understood his doings.
10 But the righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and trust in him: and all that are vpright of heart, shall reioyce.
The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.
