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for behold, the wicked (A)bend the bow;
    (B)they have fitted their arrow to the string
    to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
if (C)the foundations are destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”[a]
(D)The Lord is in his holy temple;
    the Lord's (E)throne is in heaven;
    his eyes see, his eyelids (F)test the children of man.

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  1. Psalm 11:3 Or for the foundations will be destroyed; what has the righteous done?

For look, the wicked bend their bows;(A)
    they set their arrows(B) against the strings
to shoot from the shadows(C)
    at the upright in heart.(D)
When the foundations(E) are being destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”

The Lord is in his holy temple;(F)
    the Lord is on his heavenly throne.(G)
He observes everyone on earth;(H)
    his eyes examine(I) them.

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