Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,
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Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.
2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
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Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the plots of evildoers.
3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
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They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
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They shoot from ambush at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.
5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'
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They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, “Who will see it ?”
6 They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep.
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They plot injustice and say, “We have devised a perfect plan!” Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.
7 And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
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But God will shoot them with his arrows; they will suddenly be struck down.
8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
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He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
9 And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.
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All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.
10 The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!
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The righteous will rejoice in the LORDand take refuge in him; all the upright in heart will glory in him!
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