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For look, the wicked are bending the bow;
They take aim with their arrow on the string
To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart.

“If the foundations [of a godly society] are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?”


The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.(A)

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For look, the wicked bend their bows;(A)
    they set their arrows(B) against the strings
to shoot from the shadows(C)
    at the upright in heart.(D)
When the foundations(E) are being destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”

The Lord is in his holy temple;(F)
    the Lord is on his heavenly throne.(G)
He observes everyone on earth;(H)
    his eyes examine(I) them.

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