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Psalm 63 (64) Catholic Public Domain Version

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 64 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (4)

Psalm 63 in CPDV = Psalm 64 in WEB.

CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
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2 Hear, O God, my prayer of supplication. Rescue my soul from the fear of the enemy.
64:1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
3 You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, from a multitude of workers of iniquity.
64:2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
4 For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword; they have formed their bow into a bitter thing,
64:3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
5 so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.
64:4 to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
6 They will suddenly shoot arrows at him, and they will not be afraid. They are resolute in their wicked talk. They have discussed hidden snares. They have said, “Who will see them?”
64:5 They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”
7 They have been searching carefully for iniquities. Their exhaustive search has failed. Man will approach with a deep heart,
64:6 They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning.
8 and God will be exalted. The arrows of the little ones have become their wounds,
64:7 But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.
9 and their tongues have been weakened against them. All those who saw them have been troubled;
64:8 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
10 and every man was afraid. And they announced the works of God, and they understood his acts.
64:9 All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.
11 The just will rejoice in the Lord, and they will hope in him. And all the upright of heart will be praised.
64:10 The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!
Cross references (11)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.

  1. 1 Psalm 34:4; Psalm 143:1–3; Psalm 130:1–2; Psalm 141:1; Lamentations 3:55–56
  2. 2 Psalm 34:4; Psalm 143:1–3; Psalm 130:1–2; Psalm 141:1; Lamentations 3:55–56
  3. 3 Psalm 109:2–3; Psalm 143:9; Psalm 59:2; Psalm 31:20; Psalm 27:5
  4. 4 Jeremiah 9:3; Psalm 57:4; Psalm 58:7; James 3:6–8; Psalm 11:2
  5. 5 1 Peter 2:22–23; Psalm 55:19; Psalm 10:8–9; Psalm 11:2; John 19:6
  6. 6 Psalm 140:5; Psalm 10:11; Job 22:13; Ezekiel 8:12; Psalm 94:7
  7. 7 Matthew 26:59; Jeremiah 17:9–10; Psalm 5:9; Isaiah 29:15; Daniel 6:4–5
  8. 8 Proverbs 6:15; Psalm 7:12–13; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3; Psalm 18:14; Job 6:4
  9. 9 Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 12:13; Psalm 140:9; Psalm 31:11; Nahum 3:7
  10. 10 Jeremiah 51:10; Hosea 14:9; Psalm 40:3; Psalm 107:42–43; Isaiah 5:12
  11. 11 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). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 64.

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)