Book Two (Psalms 42-72) "Concerning Israel as a Nation"
A Psalm of David.
1: Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2: Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
3: Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4: That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5: They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
6: They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search:
both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
7: But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
8: So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
9: And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
10: The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
To the chief Musician.
subtitle To the chief Musician. See The Companion Bible, Appendix 64.