For the Leader. A Psalm of David.
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Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from the terror of the enemy.
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Hide me from the council of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity;
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Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;
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That they may shoot in secret places at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
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They encourage one another in an evil matter; they converse of laying snares secretly; they ask, who would see them.
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They search out iniquities, they have accomplished a diligent search; even in the inward thought of every one, and the deep heart.
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But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds.
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So they make their own tongue a stumbling unto themselves; all that see them shake the head.
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And all men fear; and they declare the work of God, and understand His doing.
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The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall take refuge in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
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