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Psalm 64

¹Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from the dread enemy.

²Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the scheming of evildoers,

³who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,

⁴shooting from ambush at the blameless; they shoot suddenly and without fear.

⁵They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, “Who can see us?

⁶Who can search out our crimes? We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.” For the human heart and mind are deep.

⁷But God will shoot his arrow at them; they will be wounded suddenly.

⁸Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake with horror.

⁹Then everyone will fear; they will tell what God has brought about, and ponder what he has done.

¹⁰Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in him. Let all the upright in heart glory.