Psalm 64

Chant Psalter

Natural Speech Rhythm

1 Hear my voice, O | 3 God, in my | prayer ||

preserve my | life from | fear • of the | ene•my. ||

2 Hide me from the gathering to- | gether • of the | froward ||

and from the insur- | 3 rection of | wicked | doers; ||

3 Who have whet their | tongue • like a | sword ||

and shoot out their | arrows, • even | bitter | words; ||

4 That they may privily shoot at | 3 him that is | perfect ||

suddenly | do they | 3 hit him, and | fear not. ||

5 They encourage them- | selves in | mischief ||

and commune among themselves how they may lay snares, * and | say that | 3 no man shall | see them. ||

6 They imagine | wicked•ness, and | practise • it ||

that they keep secret among themselves, * | every • man in the | 3 deep of his | heart. ||

7 But God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow, that 3 they | shall be | wounded. ||

8 Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall, * insomuch that whoso | seeth • them shall | laugh • them to | scorn. ||

9 And all men that see it shall say, | This hath | God done ||

for they shall per- | ceive • that it | is his | work. ||

2nd half

10 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and | put his | trust in • him, ||

and all they that are | true of | heart • shall be | glad. ||

Glory | be • to the | Father, ||

and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||

As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||

is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||