Psalms 64:4
that they may shoot in secret places at a blameless man. Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
In Context
3who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:10And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped that night.
Nehemiah 4:11And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
Psalms 11:2For, lo, the wicked bend the bow. They make ready their arrow upon the string that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
Psalms 55:22(Cast thy burden upon LORD, and he will sustain thee. He will never allow the righteous man to be moved.)
Psalms 59:3For, lo, they lay in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
Habakkuk 3:14Thou pierced with his own staves the head of his warriors. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me. Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor man secretly.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 64:2-7
Malice of David's Enemies. 1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6… Read the whole commentary →