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David asks God to preserve him from secret counsel, portrays malicious words as sharpened weapons, and trusts God to shoot the plotters so their own tongues expose them.
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Psalms 64
David asks God to preserve him from secret counsel, portrays malicious words as sharpened weapons, and trusts God to shoot the plotters so their own tongues expose them.
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1Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my…2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from…3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their…4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly…5They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of…6They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both…7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly…8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon…9And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work…10The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall…