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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 64 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/64.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/64-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Psalm 64</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/63.htm" title="Psalm 63">◄</a> Psalm 64 <a href="../psalms/65.htm" title="Psalm 65">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/psalms/64.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmheading">To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.</p><p class="heading">A Prayer for Protection</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Hear, God, as I express my concern;</p> <p class="poetry2">protect me<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:1 Lit. my life">a</a></span> from fear of the enemy.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,</p> <p class="poetry2">from the mob of those who practice evil,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>who sharpen their tongues like swords,</p> <p class="poetry2">and aim their bitter words like arrows,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>shooting at the innocent from concealment.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">Suddenly they shoot, fearing nothing.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They concoct an evil scheme for themselves;</p> <p class="poetry2">they enumerate their hidden snares;</p> <p class="poetry2">they say, “Who will see them?”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="64:5 Lit. see him; or see it">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They devise wicked schemes, saying,</p> <p class="poetry2">“We have completed our plans,</p> <p class="poetry2">hiding them deep in our hearts.”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But God shot an arrow at them,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they were wounded immediately.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They tripped over their own tongues,</p> <p class="poetry2">and everyone who was watching ran away.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Everyone was gripped with fear</p> <p class="poetry2">and acknowledged God’s deeds,</p> <p class="poetry2">understanding what he had done.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The righteous rejoiced in the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">because they had fled to him for refuge.</p> <p class="poetry2">Let all the upright in heart exult.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 64:1 Lit. <i>my life</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 64:5 Lit. <i>see him</i>; 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