Psalms 64:6

“They search out injustices: “We have completed a thoroughly searched-out plan.” And the inward part of each one and the heart are deep.”

Psalms 64:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 64:6, word by word

They search outיַחְפְּשׂוּyachpsu

search

To go through something carefully.

Where else “yachpsu” appears
injusticesעוֹלֹתolot

injustice, wrong

Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.

Where else “olot” appears
“We have completedתַּמְנוּtamnu

end

To be over, reach its close.

Where else “tamnu” appears
planחֵפֶשׂchefes

scheme

A plan plotted in secret, a well-thought-out intrigue. It appears only once; it comes from the verb "to search out".

Where else “chefes” appears
And the inward partקֶרֶבkerev

inside

One's inner part, one's inmost self.

Where else “kerev” appears
of each oneאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
and the heartלֵבlev

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “lev” appears
are deepעָמֹקamok

deep

Deep, sunken; figuratively, hard to understand.

Where else “amok” appears

Translation note

The middle phrase is difficult in Hebrew; word for word, “we have completed a searched-out search.”

The context

5They hold fast to an evil matter; they talk of hiding traps; they say, “Who will see them?”

6 · This verse (above)

7But Elohim shoots them with an arrow; suddenly their wounds come.

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