Psalms 64:1
For the end, a Psalm and Song of David. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
In Context
2Praise becomes thee, O God, in Zion; 1 And to thee shall the vow be performed. 1
Cross References
Psalms 27:7The Lord is my helper and my defender; 1 My heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: 1 My flesh has revived, 1 And willingly will I give praise to him. 1
Psalms 34:4Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: 1 Let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame. 1
Psalms 56:2Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: 1 For my soul has trusted in thee: 1 And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, 1 Until the iniquity have passed away. 1
Psalms 140:1A Psalm of David. 1 O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: 1 Attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee. 1
Psalms 143:1A Psalm of David concerning Goliath. 1 Blessed be the Lord my God, 1 Who instructs my hands for battle, 1 And my fingers for war. 1
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 →