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Let the peoples assemble in your presence
    as you sit above them enthroned on high.
    The Lord is the judge of the nations.
Therefore, pass judgment on me, O Lord, according to my righteousness,
    according to my innocence, O Most High.
10 Put an end to the malice of the wicked
    but continue to sustain the righteous,
O God of justice,
    you who search minds and hearts.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:10 Minds and hearts: literally, “hearts and kidneys.” These words were used as virtual synonyms (but “heart” most often) to refer to the innermost center of human life. To “search mind and heart” was a conventional expression for God’s examination of a person’s hidden character and motives (see Jer 11:20; 17:10; 20:12).