Psalms 64:1
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
King James Version
In Context
2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Cross References
Psalms 27:7Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Psalms 34:4I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalms 56:2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
Psalms 140:1Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
Psalms 143:1Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
Acts 18:9Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold 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 →