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that they may shoot in secret at the blameless;
    suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.

They harden themselves in an evil matter;
    they talk privately of laying snares;
    they say, “Who will see them?”
They devise injustice,
    saying “We have perfected a secret plot.”
    Both the inward thought of man and the heart are deep.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 64:5 Or us