Psalms64

David prays for divine protection from wicked enemies who plot secretly and use their words as weapons. He describes their malicious intent and hidden snares, believing their deeds will go unseen. The psalm concludes with a declaration that God will suddenly strike down the wicked, causing their own words to condemn them, leading all to acknowledge God's work and the righteous to rejoice in Him.

Prayer for Deliverance from Secret Enemies

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To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,
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Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
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Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow--a bitter word.
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To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
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They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'
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They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart are deep.

God's Sudden Judgment and Vindication

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And God doth shoot them with an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
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And they cause him to stumble, Against them is their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
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And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.
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The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!
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