Psalm 64:6
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64:6They devise13 unjust schemes;
they disguise14 a well-conceived plot.15
Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.16
Footnotes
- 13 Heb “search out, examine,” which here means (by metonymy) “devise.”
- 14 The has תַּמְנוּ (tamnu, “we are finished”), a Qal perfect first common plural form from the verbal root תָּמַם (tamam). Some understand this as the beginning of a quotation of the enemies’ words and translate, “we have completed,” but the Hiphil would seem to be required in this case. The present translation follows many medieval Hebrew in reading טָמְנוּ (tomnu, “they hide”), a Qal perfect third common plural form from the verbal root טָמַן (taman).
- 15 Heb “a searched-out search,” which is understood as referring here to a thoroughly planned plot to destroy the psalmist.
- 16 Heb “and the inner part of man, and a heart [is] deep.” The point seems to be that a man’s inner thoughts are incapable of being discovered. No one is a mind reader! Consequently the psalmist is vulnerable to his enemies’ well-disguised plots.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
They plot injustice and say,
“We have devised a perfect plan!”
Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
They devise crimes and say,
“We have perfected a secret plan.”
The inner man and the heart are mysterious.
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NLTNew Living Translation
As they plot their crimes, they say,
“We have devised the perfect plan!”
Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
They carefully plot injustices saying,
“We have perfected the perfect plot!”
Both the inner thought and heart of a man are deep.
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KJV 1900King 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.
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