Psalms 64:4
(64:5) To shoot in secret at the innocent; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
In Context
3(64:4) Who whet their tongue like a sword, who aim with their arrow, the bitter word:
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:10And Saul sought to strike David through with the spear even to the wall; but he slipped away from before Saul, who struck the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
Nehemiah 4:11(4:5) And our adversaries said, “They shall not know, nor see until we come in the midst of them, and slay them, and so stop the work.”
Psalms 11:2For lo, the wicked bend their bow, they arrange their arrow upon the string, to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart.
Psalms 55:22(55:23) Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Psalms 59:3(59:4) For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul, the mighty are gathered in troops against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.
Habakkuk 3:14Thou didst strike through with his own spears the chiefs of his villages, who rushed out furiously to scatter me; who rejoiced greatly as though they were to devour the poor in secret.
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 →