Psalms 64:4
to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:10Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence; and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled and escaped that night.
Nehemiah 4:11Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in amongst them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
Psalms 11:2For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
Psalms 55:22Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
Psalms 59:3For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, LORD.
Habakkuk 3:14You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.
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 →