Psalms 64:5
They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Cross References
Exodus 15:9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Judges 20:22And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.
Job 22:13And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
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 are escaped.
Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily 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 →