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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 evildoers,
From the tumult of those who do iniquity,
From the tumult of those who do 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.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
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 shoot from ambush at the innocent;
they shoot suddenly, without fear.
they shoot suddenly, without fear.
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 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.
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 at them with an arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.
Suddenly they will be wounded.
But God will shoot them with his arrows;
they will suddenly be struck down.
they will suddenly be struck down.
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.
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.
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.
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.