Psalms 64:5
(64:6) They encourage themselves in an evil plan; they tell secretly of laying snares: they say, Who will see them?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
4(64:5) To shoot in secret at the innocent; 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 took courage, and set themselves again in battle-array in the place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.
Job 22:13But thou sayest, “What doth God know? can he judge behind the darkness?
Psalms 59:7(59:8) Behold, they sputter with their mouth: swords are in their lips; for who, [say they,] doth hear?
Psalms 124:7Our soul is escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Proverbs 1:11If they should say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us watch in concealment for the uselessly innocent;
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 →