Psalms 64
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Introduction
1 David prays for deliverance, complaining of his enemies.
7 He promises himself to see such an evident destruction of his enemies, as the righteous shall rejoice at it.
Verse 1
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
A. M. 2943. B.C. 1061. Hear
27:7; 55:1,2; 130:1,2; 141:1; 143:1-3; Lamentations 3:55,56
preserve
17:8,9; 31:13-15; 34:4; 56:2-4; Acts 18:9,10; 27:24
Verse 2
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Hide
27:5; 31:20; 143:9; Isaiah 32:2
secret
56:6; 109:2,3; Genesis 4:6; 1 Samuel 23:22,23; 2 Samuel 17:2-4; Jeremiah 11:19; 18:23; Matthew 26:3,4; Acts 23:14,15; 25:3
insurrection
2:2; 3:1; Luke 23:18-23
Verse 3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
whet
57:4; Proverbs 12:18; 30:14; Isaiah 54:17; Jeremiah 9:3; James 3:6-8
bend
11:2; 58:7
Verse 4
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
shoot
10:8,9; Nehemiah 4:11; Habakkuk 3:14
the perfect
59:3,4; John 19:6; 1 Peter 2:22,23
suddenly
7; 1 Samuel 18:11; 19:10; 2 Samuel 15:14
Verse 5
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
encourage
Exodus 15:9; Numbers 22:6; Proverbs 1:11-14; Isaiah 41:6; Revelation 11:10
matter
or, speech. commune.
1 Samuel 23:19-23; Matthew 23:15; 26:3,4
of laying snares
Heb. to hide snares.
124:7; 140:5
Who
10:11; 59:7; 94:7; Ezekiel 8:12
Verse 6
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
search
35:11; 1 Samuel 22:9; 24:9; 25:10; Daniel 6:4,5; Matthew 26:59; John 18:29,30; 19:7
they accomplish, etc
or, we are consumed by that which they have thoroughly searched. a diligent search. Heb. a search searched. both.
5:9; Proverbs 20:5; Isaiah 29:15; Jeremiah 17:9,10; 1 Corinthians 4:5
Verse 7
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
God
7:12,13; 18:14; Deuteronomy 32:23,42; Job 6:4; Lamentations 3:12,13
suddenly
4; 73:19; Proverbs 6:15; 29:1; Isaiah 30:13; Matthew 24:40,50,51; 1 Thessalonians 5:2,3
shall they be wounded
Heb. their wound shall be.
1 Kings 22:34; 1 Chronicles 10:3-7
Verse 8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
tongue
59:12; 140:9; Job 15:6; Proverbs 12:13; 18:7; Matthew 21:41; Luke 19:22
all that
31:11; 52:6; Numbers 16:34; 1 Samuel 31:3-7; Nahum 3:7; Revelation 18:4,10
Verse 9
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
fear
40:3; 53:5; 119:20; Jeremiah 50:28; 51:10; Revelation 11:13
they
58:11; 107:42,43; Isaiah 5:12; Ezekiel 14:23; Hosea 14:9
Verse 10
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
righteous
32:11; 33:1; 40:3; 58:10; 68:2,3; Philippians 4:4
upright
97:11; 112:2; 1 Corinthians 1:30,31; Galatians 6:14