Psalms 64:1 ←
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.
Psalms 64:2 ←
Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;
Psalms 64:3 ←
Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
Psalms 64:4 ←
So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.
Psalms 64:5 ←
They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,
Psalms 64:6 ←
Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.
Psalms 64:7 ←
But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.
Psalms 64:8 ←
The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.
Psalms 64:9 ←
And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.
Psalms 64:10 ←
The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.
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