Psalms 64
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For the leader. A psalm of David.
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Hear, O my God, the voice of my lament: guard my life from the dread of the foe.
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Hide me from villains who secretly plot, from the blustering throng of the workers of evil,
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who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and aimed bitter words like arrows,
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which from ambush they launch at the blameless, shooting swiftly and unafraid.
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They strengthen their wicked purpose, they tell of the snares they have hidden, they say to themselves, “Who can see?”
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They think out their crimes full cunningly hidden deep in their crafty hearts.
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But God with his arrow will shoot them, swiftly shall they be smitten.
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For their tongue he will bring them to ruin, all will shudder with horror at the sight of them.
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Then every person, touched to awe, as they ponder what God has wrought, will tell the tale of his deeds.
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In the Lord shall the righteous rejoice, in him shall they take refuge; and all the true-hearted shall glory.
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