Psalms 64:2
(64-3) Hide me from the council of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
In Context
3(64-4) Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;
Cross References
Genesis 4:6And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
2 Samuel 17:2and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
Psalms 3:1(3-1) A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. (3-2) LORD, how many are mine adversaries become! Many are they that rise up against me.
Psalms 31:20(31-21) Thou hidest them in the covert of Thy presence from the plottings of man; Thou concealest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Psalms 59:2(59-3) Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from the men of blood.
Psalms 143:9Deliver me from mine enemies, O LORD; with Thee have I hidden myself.
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 →