Psalms 64:2
Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
In Context
3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
Cross References
Genesis 4:6And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance fallen?
2 Samuel 17:2and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
Psalms 3:1{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!
Psalms 31:20Thou keepest them concealed in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracies of man; thou hidest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Psalms 59:2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood.
Psalms 143:9Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: unto thee do I flee for refuge.
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 →