Psalm 64:2-6

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Hide me from the ^(A)secret counsel of evildoers,
From the tumult of ^(B)those who do iniquity,

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Who ^(C)have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They ^(D)aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

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To ^(E)shoot ^(a)from concealment at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him, and ^(F)do not fear.

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They ^(b)hold fast to themselves an evil purpose;
They ^(c)talk of ^(G)laying snares secretly;
They say, “^(H)Who can see them?”

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They ^(d)devise injustices, saying,
“We are ^(e)ready with a well-conceived plot”;
For the ^(f)^(I)inward thought and the heart of a man are ^(g)deep.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 64:4: ['Lit ', in]

b. Psalm 64:5: ['Lit ', make firm]

c. Psalm 64:5: ['Lit ', tell of]

d. Psalm 64:6: ['Or ', search out]

e. Psalm 64:6: ['Lit ', complete]

f. Psalm 64:6: ['Or ', inward part]

g. Psalm 64:6: ['Or ', unsearchable]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 64:2: Psalm 56:6

B. Psalm 64:2: Psalm 59:2

C. Psalm 64:3: Psalm 140:3

D. Psalm 64:3: Psalm 58:7

E. Psalm 64:4: Psalm 10:8; Psalm 11:2

F. Psalm 64:4: Psalm 55:19

G. Psalm 64:5: Psalm 140:5

H. Psalm 64:5: Job 22:13; Psalm 10:11

I. Psalm 64:6: Psalm 49:11