Psalms 64

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 [For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Listen, God, to my voice as I plead, protect my life from fear ofthe enemy;	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 hide me from the league of the wicked, from the gang of evil-doers.	2 O God, a hymn adorns you in Zion, and a vow will be repaid to you in Jerusalem.
3 They sharpen their tongues like a sword, aim their arrows of poisonous abuse,	3 Hear my prayer: all flesh will come to you.
4 shoot at the innocent from cover, shoot suddenly, with nothing to fear.	4 Words of iniquity have prevailed over us. And you will pardon our impieties.
5 They support each other in their evil designs, they discuss how to lay their snares. 'Who wil see us?'they say,	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 'or wil penetrate our secrets?' He wil do that, he who penetrates human nature to its depths, thedepths of the heart.	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 God has shot them with his arrow, sudden were their wounds.	7 You prepare the mountains in your virtue, wrapped with power.
8 He brings them down because of their tongue, and al who see them shake their heads.	8 You stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves. The nations will be troubled,
9 Everyone wil be awestruck, proclaim what God has done, and understand why he has done it.	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 The upright wil rejoice in Yahweh, wil take refuge in him, and al the honest wil praise him.	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 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.