Psalms 64
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For the one directing. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice in my complaint; from the dread of the enemy, may You preserve my life.
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Hide me from the counsel of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
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who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim a bitter word [as] their arrow,
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to shoot in secret [at] the blameless; suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.
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They strengthen themselves [in] a word of evil; they recount the hiding of snares—they say, “Who is looking at them?”
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They search out injustice: “We have perfected a searching plot.” And the inner man and the heart [is] deep!
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And God will shoot at them an arrow—suddenly they will be wounded.
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They will be made to stumble, their own tongue [being] against them; all those looking on them will flee.
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And all mankind will fear, and they will declare the work of God, and His deed they will wisely consider.
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A righteous one will be glad in YHWH, and he will take refuge in Him; and let all the upright in heart exult!
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