Psalms 64:5

They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

In Context

4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

6They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward [thought] and heart is deep.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.

Judges 20:22And the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and set the battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

Job 22:13And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?

Psalms 59:7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who [say they] doth hear?

Psalms 124:7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

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 →

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