Psalms 64

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 For the leader. A psalm of David.	1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. A Canticle of Jeremiah and Ezekiel to the people of the captivity, when they began to go into exile.
2 O God, hear my anguished voice; from the foes I dread protect my life.	2 O God, a hymn adorns you in Zion, and a vow will be repaid to you in Jerusalem.
3 Hide me from the malicious crowd, the mob of evildoers.	3 Hear my prayer: all flesh will come to you.
4 They sharpen their tongues like swords, ready their bows for arrows of poison words.	4 Words of iniquity have prevailed over us. And you will pardon our impieties.
5 They shoot at the innocent from ambush, shoot without risk, catch them unawares.	5 Blessed is he whom you have chosen and taken up. He will dwell in your courts. We will be filled with the good things of your house. Holy is your temple:
6 They resolve on their wicked plan; they conspire to set snares; they say: "Who will see us?"	6 wonderful in equity. Hear us, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of a sea far away.
7 They devise wicked schemes, conceal the schemes they devise; the designs of their hearts are hidden.	7 You prepare the mountains in your virtue, wrapped with power.
8 But God will shoot arrows at them and strike them unawares.	8 You stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves. The nations will be troubled,
9 They will be brought down by their own tongues; all who see them will shake their heads.	9 and those who dwell at the limits will be afraid, before your signs. You will make the passing of morning and evening enjoyable.
10 Then all will fear and proclaim God's deed, pondering what has been done.	10 You have visited the earth, and you have saturated it. You have enriched it in so many ways. The river of God has been filled with water. You have prepared their food. For thus is its preparation.
11 The just will rejoice and take refuge in the LORD; all the upright will glory in their God.	11 Drench its streams, multiply its fruits; it will spring up and rejoice in its showers.
	12 You will bless the crown of the year with your kindness, and your fields will be filled with abundance.
	13 The beauty of the desert will fatten, and the hills will be wrapped with exultation.
	14 The rams of the sheep have been clothed, and the valleys will abound with grain. They will cry out; yes, they will even utter a hymn.