Psalms 64:2

Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, || From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

In Context

1TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, || You keep my life from the fear of an enemy,

3Who sharpened their tongue as a sword, || They directed their arrow—a bitter word.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:6And YHWH says to Cain, “Why do you have displeasure? And why has your countenance fallen?

2 Samuel 17:2and come on him, and he [will be] weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people who [are] with him have fled, and I have struck the king by himself,

Psalms 3:1A PSALM OF DAVID, IN HIS FLEEING FROM THE FACE OF HIS SON ABSALOM. YHWH, how my distresses have multiplied! Many are rising up against me.

Psalms 31:20You hide them in the secret place of Your presence, || From schemes of man, || You conceal them in a dwelling place, || From the strife of tongues.

Psalms 59:2Deliver me from workers of iniquity, || And save me from men of blood.

Psalms 143:9Deliver me from my enemies, O YHWH, || Near You I am covered.

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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