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Psalms 64:4

The words of transgressors have overpowered us; 1 But do thou pardon our sins. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

3Hear my prayer; 1 To thee all flesh shall come. 1

5Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and adopted; 1 He shall dwell in thy courts; 1 We shall be filled with the good things of thy house; 1 Thy temple is holy.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 19:10And Saul sought to smite David with the spear; and David withdrew suddenly from the presence of Saul; and he drove the spear into the wall; and David retreated and escaped.

Psalms 11:2Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; 1 For truth is diminished from among the children of men. 1

Psalms 59:3O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; 1 Thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us. 1

Habakkuk 3:14Thou didst cut asunder the heads of princes with amazement, 1 They shall tremble in it; 1 They shall burst their bridles, 1 They shall be as a poor man devouring in secret. 1

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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