Psalms 64
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Psalms

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

The Hurtful Tongue

James 3:1–12

1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.+ 2Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;+ 3Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;+ 4So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.+ 5They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,+ 6Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.+ 7But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.+ 8The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.+ 9And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.+ 10The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.+

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