Psalms 64:5

(64-6) They encourage one another in an evil matter; they converse of laying snares secretly; they ask, who would see them.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

In Context

4(64-5) That they may shoot in secret places at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

6(64-7) They search out iniquities, they have accomplished a diligent search; even in the inward thought of every one, and the deep heart.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:9The enemy said: 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust 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 dark cloud?

Psalms 59:7(59-8) Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: 'For who 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 lie in wait for blood, let us lurk 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 →

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