Psalms 63 (DRB)

Chapter Text

63:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.

63:2 Hear O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

63:3 Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

63:4 For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

63:5 To shoot in secret the undefiled.

63:6 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?

63:7 They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:

63:8 And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:

63:9 And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

63:10 And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God, and understood his doings.

63:11 The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iniquities", "psalm", "david", "hear", "prayer", "make", "supplication", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "iniquities" and "psalm", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local DRB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "iniquities" and "psalm" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "iniquities" and "psalm" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.