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| 1 To the Overseer. A Psalm of David. |
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| Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life, |
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| 2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity. |
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| 3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow a bitter word. |
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 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not. |
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 strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it ' |
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| 6 They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep. |
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| 7 And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds, |
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| 8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away. |
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| 9 And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely. |
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| 10 The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart! |
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