"(To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory."
Here is another hymn based on Psalm 64: Hear Lord, the Voice of My Complaint
Earlier Posts on the Psalms:
- That Man is Blest (Psalm 1)
- On the Good and Faithful (Psalm 4)
- Lord, Our Lord Thy Glorious Name (Psalm 8)
- Wholehearted Thanksgiving to Thee I Will Bring (Psalm 9)
- In God Will I Trust. (Psalm 11) You may recognize this melody from other hymns, like How Firm a Foundation.
- Who, O Lord, With Thee Abiding (Psalm 15)
- When in the Night I Meditate (Psalm 16)
- Psalm 19: The Spacious Heavens Declare (Psalm 19)
- Amid the Thronging Worshippers (Psalm 22)
- The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want (Psalm 23)
- Jehovah is My Light (Psalm 27)
- Now Unto Jehovah Ye Sons of the Mighty (Psalm 29)
- O Lord by Thee Delivered (Psalm 30)
- How Blest is He Whose Tresspass (Psalm 32)
- Ye Children, Come, Give Ear to Me (Psalm 34)
- Be Thou My Helper in the Strife (Psalm 35)
- Thy Mercy and Thy Truth, O Lord (Psalm 36)
- In Thy Wrath and Hot Displeasure (Psalm 38)
- A Mighty Fortress is Our God (Psalm 46)
- Within Thy Temple, Lord (Psalm 48)
- The Mighty God, Jehovah Speaks (Psalm 50)
- God Be Merciful to Me (Psalm 51)
- Gracious God, Our Hearts Renew (Psalm 51)
- O God, the God That Saveth Me (Psalm 51)
- Jehovah to My Prayer Give Ear (Psalm 55)
- O God, Be Merciful, Be Merciful to Me (Psalm 56)
- Do Ye, O God, Speak Righteousness (Psalm 57)
- Do Ye, O God, Speak Righteousness (Psalm 58)
- O God, Thou Hast Rejected Us (Psalm 60)
- My Soul in Silence Waits for God (Psalm 62)
- O Lord My God Most Earnestly (Psalm 63)
- Hear Lord, the Voice of My Complaint (Psalm 64)
