Psalm 64

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Psalm 64

Prayer for Deliverance from Secret Enemies.

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Hear my voice, O God, in ^(A)my ^(a)complaint;
^(B)Preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

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Hide me from the ^(C)secret counsel of evildoers,
From the tumult of ^(D)those who do iniquity,

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Who ^(E)have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They ^(F)aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

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To ^(G)shoot ^(b)from concealment at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and ^(H)do not fear.

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They ^(c)hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;
They ^(d)talk of ^(I)laying snares secretly;
They say, “^(J)Who can see them?”

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They ^(e)devise injustices, saying,
“We are ^(f)ready with a well-conceived plot”;
For the ^(g)^(K)inward thought and the heart of a man are ^(h)deep.

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But ^(L)God ⁽ⁱ⁾will shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly ^(j)they will be wounded.

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So ^(k)they ^(l)will ^(M)make him stumble;
^(N)Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will ^(O)shake the head.

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Then all men ^(m)will ^(P)fear,
And they ⁽ⁿ⁾will ^(Q)declare the work of God,
And ^(o)will consider ^(p)what He has done.

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The righteous man will be ^(R)glad in the Lord and will ^(S)take refuge in Him;
And all the upright in heart will glory.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 64:1: ['Or ', concern]

b. Psalm 64:4: ['Lit ', in]

c. Psalm 64:5: ['Lit ', make firm]

d. Psalm 64:5: ['Lit ', tell of]

e. Psalm 64:6: ['Or ', search out]

f. Psalm 64:6: ['Lit ', complete]

g. Psalm 64:6: ['Or ', inward part]

h. Psalm 64:6: ['Or ', unsearchable]

i. Psalm 64:7: ['Or ', shot]

j. Psalm 64:7: ['Or ', they were wounded, '; lit ', their wounds occurred]

k. Psalm 64:8: ['Or ', they make their tongue a stumbling for themselves]

l. Psalm 64:8: ['Or ', made]

m. Psalm 64:9: ['Or ', feared]

n. Psalm 64:9: ['Or ', declared]

o. Psalm 64:9: ['Or ', considered]

p. Psalm 64:9: ['Lit ', His work]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 64:1: Psalm 55:2

B. Psalm 64:1: Psalm 140:1

C. Psalm 64:2: Psalm 56:6

D. Psalm 64:2: Psalm 59:2

E. Psalm 64:3: Psalm 140:3

F. Psalm 64:3: Psalm 58:7

G. Psalm 64:4: Psalm 10:8; Psalm 11:2

H. Psalm 64:4: Psalm 55:19

I. Psalm 64:5: Psalm 140:5

J. Psalm 64:5: Job 22:13; Psalm 10:11

K. Psalm 64:6: Psalm 49:11

L. Psalm 64:7: Psalm 7:12; Psalm 7:13

M. Psalm 64:8: Psalm 9:3

N. Psalm 64:8: Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 18:7

O. Psalm 64:8: Psalm 22:7; Psalm 44:14; Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 48:27; Lamentations 2:15

P. Psalm 64:9: Psalm 40:3

Q. Psalm 64:9: Jeremiah 51:10

R. Psalm 64:10: Job 22:19; Psalm 32:11

S. Psalm 64:10: Psalm 11:1; Psalm 25:20