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[For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Listen, God, to my voice as I plead, protect my life from fear of the enemy;
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hide me from the league of the wicked, from the gang of evil-doers.
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They sharpen their tongues like a sword, aim their arrows of poisonous abuse,
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shoot at the innocent from cover, shoot suddenly, with nothing to fear.
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They support each other in their evil designs, they discuss how to lay their snares. 'Who will see us?' they say,
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'or will penetrate our secrets?' He will do that, he who penetrates human nature to its depths, the depths of the heart.
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God has shot them with his arrow, sudden were their wounds.
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He brings them down because of their tongue, and all who see them shake their heads.
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Everyone will be awestruck, proclaim what God has done, and understand why he has done it.
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The upright will rejoice in Yahweh, will take refuge in him, and all the honest will praise him.
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