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Psalm 64

1 Listen to me when I complain, God! Protect my life from the enemy's terror!

1 Listen and help, O God. I'm reduced to a whine And a whimper, obsessed with feelings of doomsday.

2 Hide me from the secret plots of wicked people; hide me from the schemes of evildoers

2 Don't let them find me - the conspirators out to get me,

3 who sharpen their tongues like swords. They aim their arrow—a cruel word—

3 Using their tongues as weapons, flinging poison words, poison-tipped arrow-words.

4 from their hiding places so as to shoot an innocent person. They shoot without warning and without fear.

4 They shoot from ambush, shoot without warning, not caring who they hit.

5 They encourage themselves with evil words. They plan on laying traps in secret. "Who will be able to see them?" they ask.

5 They keep fit doing calisthenics of evil purpose, They keep lists of the traps they've secretly set. They say to each other, "No one can catch us,

6 "Let someone try to expose our crimes! We've devised a perfect plot! It's deep within the human mind and heart."

6 no one can detect our perfect crime." The Detective detects the mystery in the dark of the cellar heart.

7 But God will shoot them with an arrow! Without warning, they will be wounded!

7 The God of the Arrow shoots! They double up in pain,

8 The LORD will make them trip over their own tongues; everyone who sees them will just shake their heads.

8 Fall flat on their faces in full view of the grinning crowd.

9 Then all people will honor God, will announce the act of God, will understand it was God's work.

9 Everyone sees it. God's work is the talk of the town.

10 Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD; let them take refuge in him; let everyone whose heart is in the right place give praise!

10 Be glad, good people! Fly to God! Good-hearted people, make praise your habit.