Psalms 64

1 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

1To the end, a psalm of David. The canticle of Jeremias and Ezechiel to the people of the captivity, when they began to go out.

2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;

2A hymn, O God, becometh thee in Sion: and a vow shall be paid to thee in Jerusalem.

3Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

3O hear my prayer: all flesh shall come to thee.

4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

4The words of the wicked have prevailed over us: and thou wilt pardon our transgressions.

5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

5Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken to thee: he shall dwell in thy courts. We shall be filled with the good things of thy house; holy is thy temple,

6They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

6Wonderful in justice. Hear us, O God our saviour, who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and in the sea afar off.

7But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

7Thou who preparest the mountains by thy strength, being girded with power:

8So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.

8Who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves. The Gentiles shall be troubled,

9And all men shall fear; And they shall declare the work of God, And shall wisely consider of his doing.

9And they that dwell in the uttermost borders shall be afraid at thy signs: thou shalt make the outgoings of the morning and of the evening to be joyful.

10The righteous shall be glad in Jehovah, and shall take refuge in him; And all the upright in heart shall glory.

10Thou hast visited the earth, and hast plentifully watered it; thou hast many ways enriched it. The river of God is filled with water, thou hast prepared their food: for so is its preparation.

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11Fill up plentifully the streams thereof, multiply its fruits; it shall spring up and rejoice in its showers.

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12Thou shalt bless the crown of the year of thy goodness: and thy fields shall be filled with plenty.

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13The beautiful places of the wilderness shall grow fat: and the hills shall be girded about with joy,

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14The rams of the flock are clothed, and the vales shall abound with corn: they shall shout, yea they shall sing a hymn.