Hide Me from the Wicked
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
64 Hear my voice, O God, in my (A)complaint;
preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Hide me from (B)the secret plots of the wicked,
from the throng of evildoers,
3 who (C)whet their tongues like swords,
who (D)aim bitter words like arrows,
4 shooting from (E)ambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and (F)without fear.
5 They (G)hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of (H)laying snares secretly,
thinking, (I)“Who can see them?”
6 They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For (J)the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.
7 (K)But God shoots his arrow at them;
they are wounded suddenly.
8 They are brought to ruin, with their own (L)tongues turned against them;
all who (M)see them will (N)wag their heads.
9 Then all mankind (O)fears;
they (P)tell what God has brought about
and ponder what he has done.
10 Let (Q)the righteous one rejoice in the Lord
and (R)take refuge in him!
Let all (S)the upright in heart exult!
Cross references
- Psalm 64:1 : Ps. 55:2
- Psalm 64:2 : [Ps. 55:14]
- Psalm 64:3 : See Ps. 57:4
- Psalm 64:3 : See Ps. 11:2
- Psalm 64:4 : [Ps. 10:8]
- Psalm 64:4 : Ps. 55:19
- Psalm 64:5 : Jer. 23:14; Ezek. 13:22
- Psalm 64:5 : See Ps. 140:5
- Psalm 64:5 : See Job 22:13
- Psalm 64:6 : Ps. 49:11
- Psalm 64:7 : Ps. 7:12, 13; [Ps. 58:7]
- Psalm 64:8 : See Prov. 12:13; 18:7
- Psalm 64:8 : See Ps. 40:3
- Psalm 64:8 : Jer. 18:16; 48:27; See Ps. 22:7
- Psalm 64:9 : [See ver. 8 above]; See Ps. 40:3
- Psalm 64:9 : Jer. 50:28; 51:10
- Psalm 64:10 : See Ps. 32:11; Job 22:19
- Psalm 64:10 : See Ps. 11:1
- Psalm 64:10 : See Ps. 7:10