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to shoot from[a] their[b] hiding places at the blameless.
Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.
They encourage themselves in the evil matter.
They talk of secretly laying snares.
They say, “Who will see them?”
They carefully plot[c] injustices saying,
“We have perfected the perfect plot!”[d]
Both the inner thought[e] and heart of a man are deep.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 64:4 Hebrew “in”
  2. Psalm 64:4 Hebrew “the”
  3. Psalm 64:6 Literally “They search out”
  4. Psalm 64:6 Literally “a plotted plot”
  5. Psalm 64:6 Literally “inward part”