Scripture Meditation - Psalm 64

Note: I wrote down this passage from the funeral mass
yesterday for Pope John Paul II that I was able to
watch on TV.

Psalm 64
For the director of music.
A psalm of David.

1. Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint;
protect my life from the threat of the enemy.

2. Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,
from that noisy crowd of evildoers.

3. They sharpen their tongues like swords and
aim their words like deadly arrows.

4. They shoot from ambush at the innocent man;
they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.

5. They encourage each other in evil plans,
they talk about hiding their snares;
they say, "Who will see them?"

6. They plot injustice and say,
"We have devised a perfect plan!"
Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.

7. But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly they will be struck down.

8. He will turn their own tongues against them
and bring them to ruin;
all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

9. All mankind will fear;
they will proclaim the works of God and ponder
what he has done.

10. Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord and
take refuge in Him; let all the upright in
heart praise him!
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Holy Bible (NIV) New International Version