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
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 →