Psalms – Chapter 63

Old Testament11 Verses

1Unto the end, a psalm for David.

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

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

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

5To shoot in secret the undefiled.

6They 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?

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

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

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

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

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

Reflection for Today

When the Church proclaims Psalms Chapter 63 at Mass or in the Liturgy of the Hours, she treats this text as the living voice of God.

In the four senses of Scripture—literal, allegorical, moral, and anagogical—the Church finds rich meaning in Psalms Chapter 63. At the moral level, evangelization and missionary discipleship challenges us to examine conscience and amend our lives (CIC 1362).

As you continue through Psalms, carry this chapter's lesson into your family, parish, and work. Catholic faith is always ecclesial—God speaks to us as members of Christ's Body, not as isolated individuals.

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