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¹Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;

preserve my life from the dread enemy.

²Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,

from the scheming of evildoers,

³who whet their tongues like swords,

who aim bitter words like arrows,

⁴shooting from ambush at the blameless;

they shoot suddenly and without fear.

⁵They hold fast to their evil purpose;

they talk of laying snares secretly,

thinking, ‘Who can see us?

⁶Who can search out our crimes?

We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.’

For the human heart and mind are deep.

⁷But God will shoot his arrow at them;

they will be wounded suddenly.

⁸Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin;

all who see them will shake with horror.

⁹Then everyone will fear;

they will tell what God has brought about,

and ponder what he has done.

¹⁰Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD

and take refuge in him.

Let all the upright in heart glory.