{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":64,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/63","next":"psalms/65","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Hear, O God, my voice of complaint;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"preserve my life from dread of the enemy."}],"h":"The Hurtful Tongue","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Hide me from the scheming of the wicked,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the mob of workers of iniquity,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"who sharpen their tongues like swords"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and aim their bitter words like arrows,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"ambushing the innocent in seclusion,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"shooting suddenly, without fear."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares.“ Who will see them?” they say.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"They hold fast to their evil purpose;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they speak of hiding their snares."},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Who will see them?” they say."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"They devise injustice [and say],“ We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They devise injustice [and say],"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ We have perfected a secret plan.”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"For the inner man and the heart are mysterious."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But God will shoot them with arrows;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"suddenly they will be wounded."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They will be made to stumble,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their own tongues turned against them."},{"style":"indent2","t":"All who see will shake their heads."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then all mankind will fear"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and proclaim the work of God;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so they will ponder what He has done."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and take refuge in Him;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let all the upright in heart exult."}],"style":"indent1stline"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David."}