Psalms 64:6

They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

In Context

5to shoot in secret the undefiled.

7They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:

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Cross References

Genesis 39:15She called to her the men of her house, and said to them: See, he hath brought in a Hebrew, to abuse us: he came in to me, to lie with me : and when I cried out,

1 Samuel 24:9And David also rose up after him: and going out of the cave cried after Saul, saying: My lord the king. And Saul looked behind him: and David bowing himself down to the ground, worshipped,

Psalms 5:9Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.

Psalms 35:11Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me things I knew not.

Proverbs 20:5Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.

Jeremiah 17:9The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?

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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