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1 Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.
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(63-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for David.> (63-2) Hear O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the plots of evildoers.
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(63-3) Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.
3 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
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(63-4) For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.
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(63-5) To shoot in secret the undefiled.
5 They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, “Who will see it ?”
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(63-6) They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?
6 They plot injustice and say, “We have devised a perfect plan!” Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.
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(63-7) They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:
7 But God will shoot them with his arrows; they will suddenly be struck down.
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(63-8) And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:
8 He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
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(63-9) And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;
9 All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.
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(63-10) And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God, and understood his doings.
10 The righteous will rejoice in the LORDand take refuge in him; all the upright in heart will glory in him!
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(63-11) The just shall rejoice in the Lord, and shall hope in him: and all the upright in heart shall be praised.
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