Psalms 64:6
They search out iniquities, [saying,] We have accomplished a diligent search. And the inward part of man and the heart [are] deep.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7But God will shoot at them. With an arrow they shall suddenly be wounded.
Cross References
Genesis 39:15And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got out.
1 Samuel 24:9And David said to Saul, Why do thou hearken to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks thy hurt?
Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongue they deceive (LXX/NT).
Psalms 35:11Unrighteous witnesses rise up, they ask me of things that I know not.
Proverbs 20:5Purpose in the heart of man is deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
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 →