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Psalm 64

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

O God, hear this prayerful complaint that I've brought​;
protect me from fear of my foe.
And hide me from schemes that the evil men plot,
​the tumult the wicked bestow.

​They sharpen their tongues like the swords that they wield;
like arrows, their slander is aimed.
They shoot at the blameless from where they're concealed;
from ambush they shoot, unrestrained.

​Encouraging others to lend them a hand;
they say, Who sees us as we creep?
Devising injustice, perfecting their plan;
the heart and mind's cunning and deep.

But God will himself with his own arrows shoot,
and suddenly wound them instead.
They'll stumble on words that their own tongues refute;
those watching with scorn shake their head.

​With fear, men declare all the wonders God's wrought,
and ponder his deeds and his ways.
Men glad in the LORD in whom shelter is sought;
the upright in heart offer praise.


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