Psalms 64:1
Unto the end, a psalm for David.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 27:7Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me.
Psalms 34:4O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together.
Psalms 56:2Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.
Psalms 140:1Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
Psalms 143:1Of understanding for David. A prayer when he was in the cave. [1 Kings
Acts 18:9And the Lord said to Paul in the nights, by a vision: Do not fear, but speak; and hold not thy peace,
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 →