PSALM 64: If you are travelling by water

If you are travelling by water read this psalm, your journey will be safe throughout.   Its prayer is the prayer under Psalm 16.


Psalm 64


Hear my voice, O Elohim, when I complain.
    Protect my life from a terrifying enemy.
Hide me from the secret plots of criminals,
    from the mob of troublemakers.
        
        They aim bitter words like arrows
            
        They shoot at them suddenly, without any fear.
        
        They talk about setting traps and say,
            “Who can see them?”
        
            “We have perfected a foolproof scheme!”
                Human nature and the human heart are a mystery!
But Elohim will shoot them with an arrow.
    Suddenly, they will be struck dead.
They will trip over their own tongues.
    Everyone who sees them will shake his head.
Everyone will be afraid and conclude,
    “This is an act of Elohim!”
        They will learn from what he has done.
10 Righteous people will find joy in Yahweh and take refuge in him.
    Everyone whose motives are decent will be able to brag.


PRAYER:

Psalm 16

1 Protect me, O El, because I take refuge in you.
2 I said to Yahweh,
    “You are my Adonay. Without you, I have nothing good.”
3 Those who lead holy lives on earth
    are the noble ones who fill me with joy.
4 Those who quickly chase after other gods multiply their sorrows.
    I will not pour out their sacrificial offerings of blood
        or use my lips to speak their names.

5 Yahweh is my inheritance and my cup.
    You are the one who determines my destiny.
6 Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me.
    Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful.

7 I will praise Yahweh, who advises me.
    My conscience warns me at night.
8 I always keep Yahweh in front of me.
    When he is by my side, I cannot be moved.
9         That is why my heart is glad and my soul rejoices.
            My body rests securely
10 because you do not abandon my soul to the grave
    or allow your holy one to decay.
11 You make the path of life known to me.
    Complete joy is in your presence.
        Pleasures are by your side forever.

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