Psalms

Psalm 64

תהילים
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1For the leader. A psalm of David.

2Hear my voice, O God, when I plead;guard my life from the enemy’s terror.

3Hide me from a band of evil men,from a crowd of evildoers,

4who whet their tongues like swords;they aim their arrows—cruel words—

5to shoot from hiding at the blameless man;they shoot him suddenly and without fear.

6They arm themselves with an evil word;when they speak, it is to conceal traps;they think, “Who will see them?”

7Let the wrongdoings they have concealed,each one inside him, his secret thoughts,be wholly exposed.

8God shall shoot them with arrows;they shall be struck down suddenly.

9Their tongue shall be their downfall;all who see them shall recoil in horror;

10all men shall stand in awe;they shall proclaim the work of Godand His deed which they perceived.

11The righteous shall rejoice in the LORD,and take refuge in Him;all the upright shall exult.

Translation: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1985), via Sefaria, used under CC BY-NC.
Paragraph divisions follow the Masoretic text (Miqra according to the Masorah, CC BY-SA).