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The Hurtful Tongue
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
Preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
Preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers,
From the tumult of those who do iniquity,
From the tumult of those who do iniquity,
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
To shoot from concealment at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.
Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.
They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?
They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who can see them?”
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who can see them?”
They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward [thought] and heart is deep.
They devise injustices, saying,
“We are ready with a well-conceived plot”;
For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.
“We are ready with a well-conceived plot”;
For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.
But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;
But God will shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.
Suddenly they will be wounded.
By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
So they will make him stumble;
Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will shake the head.
Their own tongue is against them;
All who see them will shake the head.
And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.
Then all men will fear,
And they will declare the work of God,
And will consider what He has done.
And they will declare the work of God,
And will consider what He has done.