Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Living Translation NLT
1 (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.
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O God, listen to my complaint. Protect my life from my enemies’ threats.
2 (63-3) Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.
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Hide me from the plots of this evil mob, from this gang of wrongdoers.
3 (63-4) For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,
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They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows.
4 (63-5) To shoot in secret the undefiled.
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They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
5 (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?
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They encourage each other to do evil and plan how to set their traps in secret. “Who will ever notice?” they ask.
6 (63-7) They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:
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As they plot their crimes, they say, “We have devised the perfect plan!” Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.
7 (63-8) And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:
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But God himself will shoot them with his arrows, suddenly striking them down.
8 (63-9) And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;
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Their own tongues will ruin them, and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
9 (63-10) And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God, and understood his doings.
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Then everyone will be afraid; they will proclaim the mighty acts of God and realize all the amazing things he does.
10 (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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The godly will rejoice in the LORD and find shelter in him. And those who do what is right will praise him.