Psalms 64 (YLT)

Chapter Text

64:1 To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

64:2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

64:3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow--a bitter word.

64:4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

64:5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'

64:6 They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart <FI>are<Fi> deep.

64:7 And God doth shoot them <FI>with<Fi> an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

64:8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them <FI>is<Fi> their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

64:9 And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.

64:10 The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "overseer", "psalm", "david", "hear", "voice", "meditation", "fear", and "enemy". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "overseer" and "psalm", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local YLT text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "overseer" 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 "overseer" and "psalm" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.