Psalms 64:1
Unto the end. A Psalm of David. A Canticle of Jeremiah and Ezekiel to the people of the captivity, when they began to go into exile.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
In Context
2O God, a hymn adorns you in Zion, and a vow will be repaid to you in Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 27:7The Lord is my helper and my protector. In him, my heart has hoped and I have been helped. And my flesh has flourished again. And from my will, I shall confess to him.
Psalms 34:4Let them be confounded and in awe, who pursue my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded, who think up evil against me.
Psalms 56:2Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me. For my soul trusts in you. And I will hope in the shadow of your wings, until iniquity passes away.
Psalms 140:1A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried out to you, hear me. Attend to my voice, when I cry out to you.
Psalms 143:1A Psalm of David versus Goliath. Blessed is the Lord, my God, who trains my hands for the battle and my fingers for the war.
Acts 18:9Then the Lord said to Paul, through a vision in the night: “Do not be afraid. Instead, speak out and do not be 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 →