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complaint.</p><p class="line2">Protect my life from my enemies’ threats.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Hide me from the plots of this evil mob,</p><p class="line2">from this gang of wrongdoers.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They sharpen their tongues like swords</p><p class="line2">and aim their bitter words like arrows.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They shoot from ambush at the innocent,</p><p class="line2">attacking suddenly and fearlessly.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They encourage each other to do evil</p><p class="line2">and plan how to set their traps in secret.</p><p class="line2">“Who will ever notice?” they ask.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>As they plot their crimes, they say,</p><p class="line2">“We have devised the perfect plan!”</p><p class="line2">Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But God himself will shoot them with his arrows,</p><p class="line2">suddenly striking them down.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Their own tongues will ruin them,</p><p class="line2">and all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then everyone will be afraid;</p><p class="line2">they will proclaim the mighty acts of God</p><p class="line2">and realize all the amazing things he does.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/64-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The godly will rejoice in the LORD</p><p class="line2">and find shelter in him.</p><p class="line1">And those who do what is right</p><p class="line2">will praise him.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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