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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
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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 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;
2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
4 So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.
4 to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
5 They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,
5 They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”
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 They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning.
7 But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.
7 But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.
8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
8 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
9 And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.
9 All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.
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 The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!
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)