Psalms 64:1

לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

In Context

2שְׁמַע ־ אֱלֹהִים קוֹלִי בְשִׂיחִי מִפַּחַד אוֹיֵב תִּצֹּר חַיָּֽי ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 27:7שְׁמַע ־ יְהוָה קוֹלִי אֶקְרָא וְחָנֵּנִי וַעֲנֵֽנִי ׃

Psalms 34:4גַּדְּלוּ לַיהוָה אִתִּי וּנְרוֹמְמָה שְׁמוֹ יַחְדָּֽו ׃

Psalms 56:2חָנֵּנִי אֱלֹהִים כִּֽי ־ שְׁאָפַנִי אֱנוֹשׁ כָּל ־ הַיּוֹם לֹחֵם יִלְחָצֵֽנִי ׃

Psalms 140:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד ׃

Psalms 143:1מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד יְהוָה ׀ שְׁמַע תְּפִלָּתִי הַאֲזִינָה אֶל ־ תַּחֲנוּנַי בֶּאֱמֻנָתְךָ עֲנֵנִי בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ ׃

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 →

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