Psalm 64
Psalm 64
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Author: 1650 Scottish Psalter
Musician: Chetham's A Book of Psalmody, 1718

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   1  When I to thee my prayèr make,
         Lord, to my voice give ear;
      My life save from the enemy,
         of whom I stand in fear.
   2  Me from their secret counsel hide
         who do live wickedly;
      From insurrection of those men
         that work iniquity:

   3  Who do their tongues with malice whet,
         and make them cut like swords;
      In whose bent bows are arrows set,
         ev'n sharp and bitter words:
   4  That they may at the perfect man
         in secret aim their shot;
      Yea, suddenly they dare at him
         to shoot, and fear it not.

   5  In ill encourage they themselves,
         and their snares close do lay:
      Together conference they have;
         Who shall them see? they say.
   6  They have searched out iniquities,
         a perfect search they keep:
      Of each of them the inward thought,
         and very heart, is deep.

   7  God shall an arrow shoot at them,
         and wound them suddenly:
   8  So their own tongue shall them confound;
         all who them see shall fly.
   9  And on all men a fear shall fall,
         God's works they shall declare;
      For they shall wisely notice take
         what these his doings are.

  10  In God the righteous shall rejoice,
         and trust upon his might;
      Yea, they shall greatly glory all
         in heart that are upright.


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BIBLE PASSAGE:

1 ¶ Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
7 ¶ But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.