Psalm 64:4-6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴shooting from ambush at the blameless;
    they shoot suddenly and without fear.
⁵They hold fast to their evil purpose;
    they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see us?^[a]
⁶    Who can search out our crimes?^[b]
We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.”
    For the human heart and mind are deep.

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Footnotes

Psalm 64:5 Syr: Heb them
Psalm 64:6 Cn: Heb They search out crimes

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