Psalms 64

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.

1 O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

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

2Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;

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

3Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

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

4So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

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,

5They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

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.

6Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

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

7But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

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

8The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

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.

9And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.

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.

10The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.

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.

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