American Standard Version
Psalms 64:5
5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose;They commune of laying snares privily;They say, Who will see them?
Psalms 64:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
- New International Version (NIV)They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, “Who will see it?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, "Who can see them?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)They encourage themselves in an evil matter; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, “Who will see them?”
Context of Psalms 64:5
3Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words, 4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them? 6They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep. 7But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
Read all of Psalms 64Psalms 64:5 word by word
יְחַזְּקוּ־לָ֨מוֹ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר רָ֗ע יְֽ֭סַפְּרוּ לִטְמ֣וֹן מוֹקְשִׁ֑ים אָ֝מְר֗וּ מִ֣י יִרְאֶה־לָּֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 64:5
- Exodus 15:9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
- Numbers 22:6Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
- Isaiah 41:6They help every one his neighbor; and every one saith to his brother, Be of good courage.
- Revelation 11:10And they that dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwell on the earth.
- 1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
- Matthew 23:15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.
- Matthew 26:3Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;
- Psalms 124:7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
- Psalms 140:5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. [Selah
- Psalms 10:11He saith in his heart: God hath forgotten; He hideth his face, he will never see it.
- Psalms 59:7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear?
- Psalms 94:7And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.
- Ezekiel 8:12Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.
Commentaries on Psalms 64:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5They commune of laying snares - They lay snares to entrap those whom they cannot slay by open attack or private ambush.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5They encourage themselves - literally, they strengthen themselves, or make themselves strong. That is, they take counsel; they encourage each other; they urge one another forward; they suggest to each other methods by which what they purpose may be done, and by which difficulties may be overcome. This was a part of their “secret counsel” or their consultation, Psalm 64:2. In an evil matter - Margin, as in Hebrew, speech. The reference is to their purpose…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6These verses form a prayer for rescue from bold and powerful liars.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. A sentiment here more fully presented, by depicting their deliberate malice.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 64
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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