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Psalms 64:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?” "
Psalms 64:5
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3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
4 to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
5 They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”
6 They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning.
7 But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.
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Psalms 64:1
"Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy."
Psalms 64:2
"Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;"
Psalms 64:3
"who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,"
Psalms 64:4
"to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly."
Psalms 64:6
"They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning."
Psalms 64:7
"But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow."
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