Psalms 64:4
which from ambush they launch at the blameless, shooting swiftly and unafraid.
Open English Bible (US)
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
3who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and aimed bitter words like arrows,
Cross References
Psalms 11:2“See! The wicked are bending the bow, their arrow is set on the string, to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Psalms 55:22Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
Psalms 59:3For see! They lay ambush for me, strong men are banded against me not for sin or transgression of mine, for no guilt of mine, O Lord,
Habakkuk 3:14You pierced his head with his spears, as his champions storm out to scatter us, as they rejoice to devour the poor secretly.
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 →