1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. 2 Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy. 3 Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity. 4 For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing, 5 To shoot in secret the undefiled. 6 They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them? 7 They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart: 8 And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds: 9 And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled; 10 And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God: and understood his doings. 11 The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.
Psalms · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Psalm 63 (64) Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 64 · About the recordings
Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering.
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 DRB.
- 1 Psalm 34:4; Psalm 143:1–3; Psalm 130:1–2; Psalm 141:1; Lamentations 3:55–56
- 2 Psalm 34:4; Psalm 143:1–3; Psalm 130:1–2; Psalm 141:1; Lamentations 3:55–56
- 3 Psalm 109:2–3; Psalm 143:9; Psalm 59:2; Psalm 31:20; Psalm 27:5
- 4 Jeremiah 9:3; Psalm 57:4; Psalm 58:7; James 3:6–8; Psalm 11:2
- 5 1 Peter 2:22–23; Psalm 55:19; Psalm 10:8–9; Psalm 11:2; John 19:6
- 6 Psalm 140:5; Psalm 10:11; Job 22:13; Ezekiel 8:12; Psalm 94:7
- 7 Matthew 26:59; Jeremiah 17:9–10; Psalm 5:9; Isaiah 29:15; Daniel 6:4–5
- 8 Proverbs 6:15; Psalm 7:12–13; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3; Psalm 18:14; Job 6:4
- 9 Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 12:13; Psalm 140:9; Psalm 31:11; Nahum 3:7
- 10 Jeremiah 51:10; Hosea 14:9; Psalm 40:3; Psalm 107:42–43; Isaiah 5:12
- 11 Psalms 32:11–33:1; Psalm 40:3; 1 Corinthians 1:30–31; Psalm 25:20; Psalm 112:2
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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).
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)
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)