Psalm 64-66

American Standard Version

64 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint:
Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
² Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers,
From the ^[a]tumult of the workers of iniquity;
³ Who have whet their tongue like a sword,
And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
⁴ That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect:
Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
⁵ They encourage themselves in an evil purpose;
They commune of laying snares privily;
They say, Who will see them?
⁶ They search out iniquities;
^[b]We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search:
And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
⁷ But God will shoot at them;
With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
⁸ So ^[c]they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them:
All that see them shall ^[d]wag the head.
⁹ And all men shall fear;
And they shall declare the work of God,
And shall wisely consider of his doing.
¹⁰ The righteous shall be glad in Jehovah, and shall take refuge in him;
And all the upright in heart shall glory.

^[e]65 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion;
And unto thee shall the vow be performed.
² O thou that hearest prayer,
Unto thee shall all flesh come.
^3 [f]Iniquities prevail against me:
As for our transgressions, thou wilt ^[g]forgive them.
⁴ Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee,
That he may dwell in thy courts:
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,
Thy holy temple.
⁵ By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness,
O God of our salvation,
Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth,
And ^[h]of them that are afar off upon the sea:
⁶ Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains,
Being girded about with might;
⁷ Who stilleth the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the tumult of the peoples.
⁸ They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens:
Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
⁹ Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it,
Thou greatly enrichest it;
The river of God is full of water:
Thou providest them grain, ^[i]when thou hast so prepared ^[j]the earth.
¹⁰ Thou waterest its furrows abundantly;
Thou ^[k]settlest the ridges thereof:
Thou makest it soft with showers;
Thou blessest the springing thereof.
¹¹ Thou crownest ^[l]the year with thy goodness;
And thy paths drop fatness.
^12 [m]They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness;
And the hills are girded with joy.
¹³ The pastures are clothed with flocks;
The valleys also are covered over with grain;
They shout for joy, they also sing.

66 Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth:
² Sing forth the glory of his name:
Make his praise glorious.
³ Say unto God, How terrible are thy works!
Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies ^[n]submit themselves unto thee.
⁴ All the earth shall worship thee,
And shall sing unto thee;
They shall sing to thy name. Selah
⁵ Come, and see the works of God;
He is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
⁶ He turned the sea into dry land;
They went through the river on foot:
There ^[o]did we rejoice in him.
⁷ He ruleth by his might for ever;
His eyes observe the nations:
Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
⁸ Oh bless our God, ye peoples,
And make the voice of his praise to be heard;
⁹ Who ^[p]holdeth our soul in life,
And suffereth not our feet to be moved.
¹⁰ For thou, O God, hast proved us:
Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
¹¹ Thou broughtest us into the net;
Thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins.
¹² Thou didst cause men to ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water;
But thou broughtest us out into ^[q]a wealthy place.
¹³ I will come into thy house with burnt-offerings;
I will pay thee my vows,
¹⁴ Which my lips uttered,
And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.
¹⁵ I will offer unto thee burnt-offerings of fatlings,
With the incense of rams;
I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah
¹⁶ Come, and hear, all ye that fear God,
And I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
¹⁷ I cried unto him with my mouth,
And ^[r]he was extolled with my tongue.
¹⁸ If I ^[s]regard iniquity in my heart,
The Lord ^[t]will not hear:
¹⁹ But verily God hath heard;
He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
²⁰ Blessed be God,
Who hath not turned away my prayer,
Nor his lovingkindness from me.