KJVThey search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.
They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart are deep.
They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward [thought] and heart is deep.
Psalms — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. Hear my voice, O God! He begins by saying that he prayed earnestly, and with vehemence, stating, at the same time, what rendered this necessary. The voice is heard in prayer, proportionally to the earnestness and ardor which we feel. He condescends upon the circumstances of distress in which…