Psalms 64:2
Hear, O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee : deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
In Context
1Unto the end, a psalm for David.
Cross References
Genesis 4:6And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen?
2 Samuel 17:2And coming upon him (for he is now weary, and weak handed) I will defeat him: and when all the people is put to flight that is with him, I will kill the king who will be left alone.
Psalms 3:1The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom.
Psalms 31:20O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men.
Psalms 59:2Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me.
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 →