Psalms 64:1
“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” (64:2) Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: preserve my life from the dread of the enemy.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 27:7Hear, O Lord, my voice, [when] I call, and be gracious unto me, and answer me.
Psalms 34:4(34:5) I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and from all that I dreaded did he deliver me.
Psalms 56:2(56:3) Those that regard me with envy long to swallow [me] up all the time; for many are they that fight against me, O thou Most High.
Psalms 140:1“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” (140:2) Deliver me, O Lord, from an evil man; from a man of violence do thou keep me;
Psalms 143:1“A psalm of David.” O Lord, hear my prayer, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 64:1
This whole psalm has reference to David's enemies, persecutors, and slanderers; many such there were, and a great deal of trouble they gave him, almost all his days, so that we need not guess at any particular occasion of penning this psalm. I. He prays to God to preserve him from their malicious designs against him, ver. 1, 2 . II. He gives a very bad character of them, as men marked for ruin by their own wickedness, ver. 3-6 . III. By the spirit of prophecy he foretels their destruction, which would redound to… Read the whole commentary →