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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:
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
O God, listen to my complaint.
Protect my life from my enemies’ threats.
O God, listen to my complaint.
Protect my life from my enemies’ threats.
Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
Hide me from the plots of this evil mob,
from this gang of wrongdoers.
from this gang of wrongdoers.
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim their bitter words like arrows.
and aim their bitter words like 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,
attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?
They encourage each other to do evil
and plan how to set their traps in secret.
“Who will ever notice?” they ask.
and plan how to set their traps in secret.
“Who will ever notice?” they ask.
They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward [thought] and heart is deep.
As they plot their crimes, they say,
“We have devised the perfect plan!”
Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.
“We have devised the perfect plan!”
Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.
But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;
But God himself will shoot them with his arrows,
suddenly striking them down.
suddenly striking them down.
By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
Their own tongues will ruin them,
and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
and 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.
Then everyone will be afraid;
they will proclaim the mighty acts of God
and realize all the amazing things he does.
they will proclaim the mighty acts of God
and realize all the amazing things he does.