To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
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Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer:Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
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Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked;From the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
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Who whet their tongue like a sword,And bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
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That they may shoot in secret at the perfect:Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
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They encourage themselves in an evil matter:They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who shall see them?
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They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search:Both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
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But God shall shoot at themWith an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
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So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves:All that see them shall flee away.
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And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God;For they shall wisely consider of his doing.
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The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him;And all the upright in heart shall glory.