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- Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; Preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
- Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of those who do iniquity,
- Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
- To shoot from concealment at the blameless; Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.
- They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, "Who can see them?"
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- Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.
- Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from that noisy crowd of evildoers.
- They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like deadly arrows.
- They shoot from ambush at the innocent man; they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.
- They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, "Who will see them ?"
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- They devise injustices, saying, "We are ready with a well-conceived plot"; For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep.
- But God will shoot at them with an arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded.
- So they will make him stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will shake the head.
- Then all men will fear, And they will declare the work of God, And will consider what He has done.
- The righteous man will be glad in the LORD and will take refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart will glory.
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- They plot injustice and say, "We have devised a perfect plan!" Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.
- But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be struck down.
- He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
- All mankind will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.
- Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him; let all the upright in heart praise him!
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