Psalms 64

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• 1. Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.
• 2. Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from that noisy crowd of evildoers.
• 3. They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like deadly arrows.
• 4. They shoot from ambush at the innocent man; they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.
• 5. They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, "Who will see them?"
• 6. They plot injustice and say, "We have devised a perfect plan!" Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.
• 7. But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be struck down.
• 8. He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
• 9. All mankind will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.
• 10. Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him; let all the upright in heart praise him!

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