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Prayer for Deliverance from Secret Enemies.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. |
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1 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint:
Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
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2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers,
From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;
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3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword,
And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
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Shoot their arrows – Bitter words of the opponents of the truth. "The arrow that flieth by day." (Psa. 91:5) R3332:1; SM51:T
Receiving no arrows again in return from those who are seeking to serve the Lord. R4112:5
Even bitter words – The method of persecution at the present time. SM217:2
May hurt our flesh, but cannot do us harm. CR314:3
Possibly the extent of our sufferings may be the wounding of our feelings. R3002:4
Slanders and misrepresentations of the faithful. R2450:3, R2560:5, R5288:5; CR351:4*; HG558:1
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4 That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect:
Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
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Shoot in secret – Injure the righteous. SM50:3
At the perfect – All identified with the work in a public way. R5365:3
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5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose;
They commune of laying snares privily;
They say, Who will see them?
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6 They search out iniquities;
We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search:
And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
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7 But God will shoot at them;
With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
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8 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them:
All that see them shall wag the head.
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9 And all men shall fear;
And they shall declare the work of God,
And shall wisely consider of his doing.
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10 The righteous shall be glad in Jehovah, and shall take refuge in him;
And all the upright in heart shall glory. |
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