Psalm 64 64 Psalms Book 2 Douay-Rheims Bible The Hurtful Tongue (James 3:1–12)
1 DRA Unto the end, a psalm for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
2 DRA Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity. BSB BSB: Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
3 DRA For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing, BSB BSB: who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
4 DRA To shoot in secret the undefiled. BSB BSB: ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
5 DRA They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them? BSB BSB: They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
6 DRA They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart: BSB BSB: They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.
7 DRA And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds: BSB BSB: But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
8 DRA And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled; BSB BSB: They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
9 DRA And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God: and understood his doings. BSB BSB: Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
10 DRA The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised. BSB BSB: Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.
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