Verse 6
6. They search out iniquities Mentally, and with great labour, they work out plans for accomplishing wicked ends, as Psalms 58:2.
They accomplish a diligent search Literally, they have accomplished a search searched out; that is, an exhaustive investigation. But the verb accomplished ( ended, finished) may be taken in the first person plural, as a soliloquy of the conspirators, thus: We have finished a plot thoroughly wrought out! which gives dramatic effect.
Both the inward thought The word “inward,” here, is the same as “ inward part,” Psalms 5:9, and is here synonymous with heart, the seat of thought and affection. The inward part of a man, even the heart, is deep. This is the reflection of David after reviewing the conduct of his enemies. See Jeremiah 17:9-10; Psalms 19:12; Psalms 139:23-24. The preparations of his enemies are ended. The crisis has come. It is now time for God to work.
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