Psalm 64:1-7

Hide Me from the Wicked

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1
Hear my voice, O God, in my m complaint;
preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
 2 Hide me from n the secret plots of the wicked,
from the throng of evildoers,
 3 who o whet their tongues like swords,
who p aim bitter words like arrows,
 4 shooting from q ambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and r without fear.
 5 They s hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of t laying snares secretly,
thinking, u "Who can see them?"
 6 They search out injustice,
saying, "We have accomplished a diligent search."
For v the inward mind and heart of a man are deep!

7 w But God shoots his arrow at them;
they are wounded suddenly.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 55:2
    Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 55:14
    We used to take sweet counsel together; within God's house we walked in the throng.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 57:4
    My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts - the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 11:2
    For behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 10:8
    He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 55:19
    God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, Selah because they do not change and do not fear God.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:14
    But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his evil; all of them have become like Sodom to me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.
    Ezekiel 13:22
    Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 140:5
    The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah
  9. Cross References
    Job 22:13
    But you say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 49:11
    Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 7:12 - 13
    If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow.
    Psalms 58:7
    Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.
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