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[[To him that excelleth.] A Psalm Chapter of David.]
[1] Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
[2] Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, and from the rage of the workers of iniquity.
[3] Which have whet their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrows bitter words.
[4] To shoot at the upright in secret: they shoot at him suddenly, and fear not.
[5] They encourage themselves in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares privily, and say, Who shall see them?
[6] They have sought out iniquities, and have accomplished that which they sought out, even every one his secret thoughts, and the depth of his heart.
[7] But God will shoot an arrow at them suddenly: their strokes shall be at once.
[8] They shall cause their own tongue to fall upon them: and whosoever shall see them, shall flee away.
[9] And all men shall see it, and declare the work of God, and they shall understand, what he hath wrought.
[10] But the righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and trust in him: and all that are upright of heart, shall rejoice.
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