20 In (A)the cover of your presence you hide them
    from the plots of men;
you (B)store them in your shelter
    from the strife of tongues.

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For he will (A)hide me in his shelter
    in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
    he will (B)lift me high upon a rock.

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You are a (A)hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from (B)trouble;
    you surround me with (C)shouts of deliverance. Selah

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My Refuge and My Fortress

91 He who dwells in (A)the shelter of the Most High
    will abide in (B)the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say[a] to the Lord, “My (C)refuge and my (D)fortress,
    my God, in whom I (E)trust.”

For he will deliver you from (F)the snare of the fowler
    and from the deadly pestilence.
He will (G)cover you with his pinions,
    and under his (H)wings you will (I)find refuge;
    his (J)faithfulness is (K)a shield and buckler.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 91:2 Septuagint He will say

21 You shall be (A)hidden from the lash of the tongue,
    and shall not fear destruction when it comes.

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Hide me from (A)the secret plots of the wicked,
    from the throng of evildoers,
who (B)whet their tongues like swords,
    who (C)aim bitter words like arrows,
shooting from (D)ambush at the blameless,
    shooting at him suddenly and (E)without fear.

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The arrogant have (A)hidden a trap for me,
    and with cords they have spread (B)a net;[a]
    beside the way they have set (C)snares for me. Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:5 Or they have spread cords as a net

They make (A)their tongue sharp as (B)a serpent's,
    and (C)under their lips is the (D)venom of asps. Selah

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Blessed is the man who (A)makes
    the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
    to those who (B)go astray after a lie!

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In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
    let them (A)be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

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11 Now I know that (A)the Lord is greater than all gods, because in this affair they (B)dealt arrogantly with the people.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 18:11 Hebrew with them

But (A)he gives more grace. Therefore it says, (B)“God opposes the proud but (C)gives grace to the humble.”

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14 But if you have bitter (A)jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not (B)the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, (C)demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

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So also the tongue is a small member, yet (A)it boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And (B)the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, (C)staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[a] and set on fire by hell.[b]

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  1. James 3:6 Or wheel of birth
  2. James 3:6 Greek Gehenna

(A)he is puffed up with conceit and (B)understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for (C)controversy and for (D)quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,

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11 Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
    nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

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20 For I fear that perhaps (A)when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

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13 (A)Let us walk properly as in the daytime, (B)not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, (C)not in quarreling and jealousy.

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then over us would have gone
    the raging waters.

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20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, (A)divisions,

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14 O God, insolent men have (A)risen up against me;
    a band of ruthless men seeks my life,
    and they do not set you before them.

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