Psalms 64:5
They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4To shoot, in secret places, at the blameless one, Suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not.
Cross References
Exodus 15:9Said the foe—I will pursue—overtake divide spoil,—Take her fill of them—shall my soul, I will bare my sword, root them out—shall my hand.
Judges 20:22And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves,—and again set themselves in array for battle in the place where they had set themselves in array on the first day.
Job 22:13Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge?
Psalms 59:7Lo! they belch forth with their mouth, Swords, are in their lips, For [say they], Who doth hear?
Psalms 124:7Our soul, as a bird, hath escaped from the snare of the fowlers, The snare, is broken, and, we, are escaped:
Proverbs 1:11If they say—Come with us,—Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;
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 →