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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:
Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,
from the plots of evildoers.
from the plots of evildoers.
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
They shoot from ambush at the innocent;
they shoot suddenly, without fear.
they shoot suddenly, without fear.
They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will 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 plot injustice and say,
“We have devised a perfect plan!”
Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.
“We have devised a perfect plan!”
Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.
But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;
But God will shoot them with his arrows;
they will suddenly be struck down.
they will suddenly be struck down.
By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
He will turn their own tongues against them
and bring them to ruin;
all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
and bring them to ruin;
all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.
All people will fear;
they will proclaim the works of God
and ponder what he has done.
they will proclaim the works of God
and ponder what he has done.