Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
    and may you establish the righteous—
you who (A)test (B)the minds and hearts,[a]
    O righteous God!

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  1. Psalm 7:9 Hebrew the hearts and kidneys

20 But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
    who (A)tests (B)the heart and the mind,
(C)let me see your vengeance upon them,
    for to you have I committed my cause.

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12 O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous,
    (A)who sees the heart and the mind,[a]
let me see your vengeance upon them,
    for to you have I committed my cause.

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  1. Jeremiah 20:12 Hebrew kidneys

10 (A)“I the Lord search the heart
    (B)and test the mind,[a]
(C)to give every man according to his ways,
    according to the fruit of his deeds.”

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  1. Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew kidneys

David's Charge to Solomon

“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a (A)whole heart and with a willing mind, (B)for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. (C)If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

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But the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, (B)but the Lord looks on the heart.”

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23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he (A)who searches mind and heart, and (B)I will give to each of you according to your works.

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Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

139 O Lord, you have (A)searched me and known me!

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21 (A)would not God discover this?
    (B)For he knows the secrets of the heart.

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23 The (A)steps of a man are (B)established by the Lord,
    when he delights in his way;

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(A)Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
    test my heart and (B)my mind.[a]

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  1. Psalm 26:2 Hebrew test my kidneys and my heart

The Lord (A)tests the righteous,
    but (B)his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

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Doxology

25 (A)Now to him who is able to strengthen you (B)according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, (C)according to the revelation of the mystery (D)that was kept secret for (E)long ages

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You have (A)tried my heart, you have (B)visited me by (C)night,
    you have (D)tested me, and you will find nothing;
    I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

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15 (A)Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
    (B)call his wickedness to account till you find none.

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23 Immediately (A)an angel of the Lord struck him down, because (B)he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

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18 to (A)do justice to the fatherless and (B)the oppressed,
    so that (C)man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

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45 And he shall pitch his palatial tents between the sea and the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, with none to help him.

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36 (A)And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 37 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at (B)Nineveh. 38 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of (C)Ararat, (D)Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

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22 Arise, O God, (A)defend your cause;
    (B)remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
23 Do not forget the clamor of your foes,
    (C)the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!

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10 How long, O God, (A)is the foe to scoff?
    Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
11 Why (B)do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
    Take it from the fold of your garment[a] and destroy them!

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  1. Psalm 74:11 Hebrew from your bosom

O God, (A)break the teeth in their mouths;
    tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!

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He drew me up from (A)the pit of destruction,
    out of (B)the miry bog,
and (C)set my feet upon a rock,
    (D)making my steps secure.

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You have (A)rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
    you have (B)blotted out their name forever and ever.
The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
    their cities you rooted out;
    the very memory of them has perished.

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(A)“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
    but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
    for not by might shall a man prevail.

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