Psalms 64:1
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
In Context
2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumult of the workers of iniquity,
Cross References
Psalms 27:7Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Psalms 34:4I sought LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalms 56:2My enemies would swallow me up all the day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
Psalms 140:1Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man,
Psalms 143:1Hear my prayer, O LORD. Give ear to my supplications. In thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness.
Acts 18:9And the Lord spoke to Paul by a vision at night, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 64:1
This whole psalm has reference to David's enemies, persecutors, and slanderers; many such there were, and a great deal of trouble they gave him, almost all his days, so that we need not guess at any particular occasion of penning this psalm. I. He prays to God to preserve him from their malicious designs against him, ver. 1, 2 . II. He gives a very bad character of them, as men marked for ruin by their own wickedness, ver. 3-6 . III. By the spirit of prophecy he foretels their destruction, which would redound to… Read the whole commentary →