Psalms 64:1
To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Heare my voyce, O God, in my prayer: preserue my life from feare of the enemie.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 the conspiracie of the wicked, and from the rage of the workers of iniquitie.
Cross References
Psalms 27:7Hearken vnto my voyce, O Lord, when I crie: haue mercie also vpon mee and heare mee.
Psalms 34:4I sought the Lord, and he heard me: yea, he deliuered me out of all my feare.
Psalms 56:2Mine enemies would dayly swallowe mee vp: for many fight against me, O thou most High.
Psalms 140:1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Deliuer me, O Lord, from the euill man: preserue me from the cruel man:
Psalms 143:1A Psalme of David. Heare my prayer, O Lord, and hearken vnto my supplication: answer me in thy trueth and in thy righteousnes.
Acts 18:9Then saide the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Feare not, but speake, and holde not thy peace.
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 →