Psalms 64:1
Hear, O my God, the voice of my lament: guard my life from the dread of the foe.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
In Context
2Hide me from villains who secretly plot, from the blustering throng of the workers of evil,
Cross References
Psalms 27:7Hear, O Lord, my loud cry, and graciously answer me.
Psalms 34:4I sought the Lord, and, in answer, he saved me from all my terrors.
Psalms 56:2All the day enemies trample me; many there be who contend with me bitterly.
Psalms 140:1Rescue me, Lord, from evil people; from the violent guard me
Psalms 143:1Listen, O Lord, to my prayer; attend to my plea. In your faithfulness give me answer, and in your righteousness.
Acts 18:9One night the Lord said to Paul, in a vision, “Have no fear, but continue to speak, and refuse to be silenced;
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 →