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- ¶ HEAR my voice, O God, as I pray to thee;
preserve my life from fear of mine enemy.
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- Hide me from the wickedness of the evil one;
from the corruption of the workers of iniquity,
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- Who whet their tongues like a sword, and charge their words with poison like an arrow,
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- That they may shoot in secret at the innocent;
suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
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- They encourage themselves with evil speech;
they plan to hide snares; they say, Who shall see us?
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- They plan wickedness, but they are destroyed in order to consume evil from among men and from the depths of the heart.
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- ¶ But God is great;
suddenly he shall shoot at them with an arrow;
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- So shall their tongues be silenced, and all that see them shall be frightened.
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- And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God;
for they shall wisely consider the work of his hands.
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- The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him;
and all the upright in heart shall glorify him.
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