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Psalm 64 Bible in Basic English

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  • Scholarly edition
  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew (not verified)
  • NT: Critical text (not verified)
  • Protestant (66 books)
  • Simplified language
  • 1965
  • Public domain

Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings

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BBE Bible in Basic English
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.
1 Al Músico principal: Salmo de David. ESCUCHA, oh Dios, mi voz en mi oración: guarda mi vida del miedo del enemigo.
2 Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;
2 Escóndeme del secreto consejo de los malignos; de la conspiración de los que obran iniquidad:
3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
3 Que amolaron su lengua como cuchillo, [y] armaron [por] su saeta palabra amarga;
4 So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.
4 Para asaetear á escondidas al íntegro: de improviso lo asaetean, y no temen.
5 They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,
5 Obstinados en su inicuo designio, tratan de esconder los lazos, [y] dicen: ¿Quién los ha de ver?
6 Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.
6 Inquieren iniquidades, hacen una investigación exacta; y el íntimo pensamiento de cada uno [de ellos], así como el corazón, [es] profundo.
7 But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.
7 Mas Dios los herirá con saeta; de repente serán sus plagas.
8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
8 Y harán caer sobre sí sus mismas lenguas: se espantarán todos los que los vieren.
9 And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.
9 Y temerán todos los hombres, y anunciarán la obra de Dios, y entenderán su hecho.
10 The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.
10 Alegraráse el justo en Jehová, y confiaráse en él; y se gloriarán todos los rectos de corazón.
Cross references (10)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 34:4; Psalm 143:1–3; Psalm 130:1–2; Psalm 141:1; Lamentations 3:55–56
  2. 2 Psalm 109:2–3; Psalm 143:9; Psalm 59:2; Psalm 31:20; Psalm 27:5
  3. 3 Jeremiah 9:3; Psalm 57:4; Psalm 58:7; James 3:6–8; Psalm 11:2
  4. 4 1 Peter 2:22–23; Psalm 55:19; Psalm 10:8–9; Psalm 11:2; John 19:6
  5. 5 Psalm 140:5; Psalm 10:11; Job 22:13; Ezekiel 8:12; Psalm 94:7
  6. 6 Matthew 26:59; Jeremiah 17:9–10; Psalm 5:9; Isaiah 29:15; Daniel 6:4–5
  7. 7 Proverbs 6:15; Psalm 7:12–13; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3; Psalm 18:14; Job 6:4
  8. 8 Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 12:13; Psalm 140:9; Psalm 31:11; Nahum 3:7
  9. 9 Jeremiah 51:10; Hosea 14:9; Psalm 40:3; Psalm 107:42–43; Isaiah 5:12
  10. 10 Psalms 32:11–33:1; Psalm 40:3; 1 Corinthians 1:30–31; Psalm 25:20; Psalm 112:2

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXIII)

    This psalm hath the title, "For David himself, when he was in the desert of Idumæa." By the name of Idumæa is understood this world. For Idumæa was a certain nation of men going astray, where idols were worshipped. In no good sense is put this Idumæa.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 64:10 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book II, Chapters IV–VI)

    For these meaner things have their delights, but not like unto my God, who hath created all things; for in Him doth the righteous delight, and He is the sweetness of the upright in heart.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)