Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
For
the
choirmaster.
A
Psalm
of
David.
Hear, O God, my voice
of
complaint;
preserve my life from dread
of the enemy.
Hear my
voice
, O God, in
my prayer:
preserve my life from fear
of the enemy.
Hide me from the scheming
of the wicked ,
from the mob
of workers of iniquity ,
Hide me from the secret
counsel
of the wicked ;
from the insurrection
of the
workers of iniquity :
who sharpen
their tongues
like swords
and aim
their bitter
words
like
arrows,
Who whet
their tongue
like a
sword,
and bend
their bows
to
shoot
their
arrows, even
bitter
words:
ambushing
the
innocent
in seclusion,
shooting
suddenly, without
fear.
That
they
may
shoot
in secret
at
the
perfect:
suddenly do
they
shoot
at
him
, and
fear not
.
They hold
fast
to
their
evil purpose;
they speak
of hiding
their
snares .
“
Who will
see them? ”
they
say.
They encourage
themselves
in
an
evil matter:
they commune
of laying
snares privily;
they
say,
Who shall
see them?
They devise
injustice
and
say,
“We
have
perfected
a secret
plan.”
For
the inner
man
and the heart are
mysterious
.
They search
out
iniquities;
they
accomplish
a diligent
search:
both
the inward
thought
of
every
one
of
them,
and the heart ,
is
deep
.
But God will
shoot them with arrows
; suddenly they will
be wounded.
But God shall
shoot at
them with an
arrow
; suddenly shall
they be wounded.
They will
be
made
to
stumble,
their own tongues
turned
against
them.
All who
see will
shake
their
heads
.
So
they shall
make
their own tongue
to
fall
upon
themselves:
all that
see them
shall
flee
away
.
Then
all mankind
will
fear and proclaim
the work of God; so
they will
ponder
what
He
has
done
.
And
all men
shall
fear ,
and shall
declare
the work of God; for
they shall
wisely
consider
of
his
doing
.
Let
the righteous rejoice
in the LORD and take
refuge
in Him; let
all the upright in heart exult
.
The righteous shall
be
glad
in the LORD ,
and shall
trust
in him; and
all the upright in heart shall
glory
.
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