Psalms 64:5

They encourage themselves in an evil plan; 1 they consult privately together in order to set traps; 1 they say, “Who will see us?” 1

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In The King James Version

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

In Context

4so that they may shoot from secret places at someone who is innocent; 1 suddenly they shoot at him and fear nothing. 1

6They invent sinful plans; 1 “We have finished,” they say, “a careful plan.” 1 The inner thoughts and hearts of man are deep. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 15:9The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will share out the plunder; 1 my desire will be satisfied on them; 1 I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.' 1

Judges 20:22But the people of Israel strengthened themselves and they formed the battle line in the same place where they had taken positions on the first day.

Job 22:13You say, 'What does God know? 1 Can he judge through the thick darkness? 1

Psalms 59:7See, they belch out with their mouths; 1 swords are in their lips, 1 for they say, “Who hears us?” 1

Psalms 124:7We have escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; 1 the snare has been broken, and we have escaped. 1

Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, 1 let us lie in wait for blood, 1 let us hide and attack innocent people for no reason. 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 →

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