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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 64, Verse 6

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They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
King James Version
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep.
American Standard Version
They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
New English Translation
They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.
World English Bible
They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
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But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
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So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
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And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
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The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm [and] Song of David. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
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O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
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Iniquities prevail against me: [as for] our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
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Blessed [is the man whom] thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee, that] he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, [even] of thy holy temple.
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[By] terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; [who art] the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off [upon] the sea:
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Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; [being] girded with power: