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Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
the Seventh Week after Easter
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Psalms 64

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Hide Me from the Wicked

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 Hear my voice, O God, in my (a)complaint;
    preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Hide me from (b)the secret plots of the wicked,
    from the throng of evildoers,
3 who (c)whet their tongues like swords,
    who (d)aim bitter words like arrows,
4 shooting from (e)ambush at the blameless,
    shooting at him suddenly and (f)without fear.
5 They (g)hold fast to their evil purpose;
    they talk of (h)laying snares secretly,
thinking, (i)"Who can see them?"
6     They search out injustice,
saying, "We have accomplished a diligent search."
    For (j)the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

7 (k)But God shoots his arrow at them;
    they are wounded suddenly.
8 They are brought to ruin, with their own (l)tongues turned against them;
    all who (m)see them will (n)wag their heads.
9 Then all mankind (o)fears;
    they (p)tell what God has brought about
    and ponder what he has done.

10 Let (q)the righteous one rejoice in the Lord
    and (r)take refuge in him!
Let all (s)the upright in heart exult!

 
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