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Hear my voice, O God, in amy complaint; bPreserve my life from dread of the enemy.
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Hide me from the asecret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of bthose who do iniquity,
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Who ahave sharpened their tongue like a sword. They baimed bitter speech as their arrow,
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To ashoot from concealment at the blameless; Suddenly they shoot at him, and bdo not fear.
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They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose; They talk of alaying snares secretly; They say, "bWho can see them?"
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They devise injustices, saying, "We are ready with a well-conceived plot"; For the ainward thought and the heart of a man are deep.
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But aGod will shoot at them with an arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded.
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So they will amake him stumble; bTheir own tongue is against them; All who see them will cshake the head.
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Then all men will afear, And they will bdeclare the work of God, And will consider what He has done.
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The righteous man will be aglad in the Lord and will btake refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart will glory.
Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960,1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
