Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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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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Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from the dread enemy.
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 secret plots of the wicked, from the scheming of evildoers,
3 (63-4) For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,
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who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
4 (63-5) To shoot in secret the undefiled.
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shooting from ambush at the blameless; they shoot suddenly and without fear.
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 hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, "Who can see us?
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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Who can search out our crimes? We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot." For the human heart and mind are deep.
7 (63-8) And God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:
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But God will shoot his arrow at them; they will be wounded suddenly.
8 (63-9) And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;
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Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake with horror.
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 fear; they will tell what God has brought about, and ponder what he has done.
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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Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in him. Let all the upright in heart glory.
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