Psalm 64
Darby Translation · 10 verses
To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.5They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?6They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward [thought] and heart is deep.7But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;8By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.9And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.10The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.Darby's Synopsis
Psalm 64 chiefly speaks of the unceasing crafty hatred of the enemy and cries to God: God will shoot at them suddenly. The result of this judgment will be that all shall fear and declare the work of God, for they shall wisely consider of His doing. Then (for judgment is now come) the righteous shall be glad in Jehovah, for His covenant name is now taken, the judgment having removed the power of evil. The upright in heart glory. Thus judgment introduces the millennium.
Text: J. N. Darby, The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages, public domain. Emphasized words are Darby's own. Provenance on the sources page.