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Chapter 64
Psal OEBcth 64:1  Hear, O my God, the voice of my lament: guard my life from the foe who affrights me.
Psal OEBcth 64:2  Hide me from villains who secretly plot, from the blustering throng of the workers of evil,
Psal OEBcth 64:3  who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and aimed bitter words like arrows,
Psal OEBcth 64:4  which from ambush they launch at the blameless, shooting swiftly and unafraid.
Psal OEBcth 64:5  They strengthen their wicked purpose, they tell of the snares they have hidden, they say to themselves, “Who can see?”
Psal OEBcth 64:6  They think out their crimes full cunningly hidden deep in their crafty hearts.
Psal OEBcth 64:7  But God with his arrow will shoot them, swiftly shall they be smitten.
Psal OEBcth 64:8  For their tongue he will bring them to ruin, all will shudder with horror at the sight of them.
Psal OEBcth 64:9  Then every person, touched to awe, as they ponder what God has wrought, will tell the tale of his deeds.
Psal OEBcth 64:10  In the Lord shall the righteous rejoice, in him shall they take refuge; and all the true-hearted shall glory.