Psa 64:1-2 | NETfull | STEP | Listen to me, O God, as I offer my lament! Protect my life from the enemy’s terrifying attacks.

Psalms 64:1-2

1 Listen to me, ^{▼▼ Heb “my voice.”} O God, as I offer my lament!
Protect ^{▼▼ The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s request.} my life from the enemy’s terrifying attacks. ^{▼▼ Heb “from the terror of [the] enemy.” “Terror” is used here metonymically for the enemy’s attacks that produce fear because they threaten the psalmist’s life.}
2 Hide me from the plots of evil men,
from the crowd of evildoers. ^{▼▼ Heb “workers of wickedness.”}