Text -- Psalms 64:1-3 (NET)

Psalm 64

64:1 For the music director; a psalm of David. Listen to me, O God, as I offer my lament! Protect my life from the enemy’s terrifying attacks. 64:2 Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers. 64:3 They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 64:1

¹ sn Psalm 64. The psalmist asks God to protect him from his dangerous enemies and then confidently affirms that God will destroy his enemies and demonstrate his justice in the sight of all observers.

² tn Heb “my voice.”

³ tn The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s request.

⁴ tn Heb “from the terror of [the] enemy.” “Terror” is used here metonymically for the enemy’s attacks that produce fear because they threaten the psalmist’s life.

NET Notes: Psa 64:2

¹ tn Heb “workers of wickedness.”

NET Notes: Psa 64:3

¹ tn Heb “who.” A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “a bitter word.”