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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”

They shoot from ambush at the innocent;(A)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.(B)

They encourage each other in evil plans,
    they talk about hiding their snares;(C)
    they say, “Who will see it[a]?”(D)
They plot injustice and say,
    “We have devised a perfect plan!”
    Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

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  1. Psalm 64:5 Or us