Psalms 64:1
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:
Darby Translation
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 tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
Cross References
Psalms 27:7Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me.
Psalms 34:4I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalms 56:2Mine enemies would swallow [me] up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.
Psalms 140:1{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Free me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:
Psalms 143:1{A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, hear my prayer; give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness.
Acts 18:9And the Lord said by vision in [the] night to Paul, 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 →