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Psalms 64:1
1God, please listen to me as I tell you about my troubles. Keep me safe from my enemies when they attack me.
Psalms 64:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
- New International Version (NIV)Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Hear my voice, O God, in my meditation; Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Context of Psalms 64:1
God, please listen to me as I tell you about my troubles. Keep me safe from my enemies when they attack me. 2When evil men think of ways to hurt me, hide me in a safe place. Those people work together as a group to do wicked things. 3Their tongues are like sharp swords that hurt people. Their cruel words are like arrows that they shoot at people.
Read all of Psalms 64Psalms 64:1 word by word
שְׁמַע־אֱלֹהִ֣ים קוֹלִ֣י בְשִׂיחִ֑י מִפַּ֥חַד א֝וֹיֵ֗ב תִּצֹּ֥ר חַיָּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 64:1
- Psalms 27:7Lord, hear me when I call to you for help. Be kind to me and answer me.
- Psalms 55:1God, listen to my prayer. Do not turn away when I ask you to help me.
- Psalms 130:1Lord, I am crying aloud to you because I have great trouble.
- Psalms 141:1Lord, I am calling to you for help. Come to me quickly! Please listen to what I am saying.
- Psalms 143:1Lord, I pray to you for help. Please listen to me. Answer me, because you do what is right, and I know that I can trust you.
- Lamentations 3:55I shouted your name, Lord, when I was in the well.
- Psalms 17:8Please keep me safe, in the same way that people take care of their eyes. Keep me near to you, in the way that birds protect their babies under their wings.
- Psalms 31:13I hear what many people are saying against me. News from everywhere makes me afraid. They are deciding together how to kill me.
- Psalms 34:4I asked the Lord to help me, and he answered me. He saved me from everything that made me afraid.
- Psalms 56:2They chase me all the time! Those proud people want to catch me, and there are many of them!
- Acts 18:9But one night, the Lord appeared to Paul in a vision. He said, ‘Do not be afraid of those people who are against you. Continue to speak my message to the people here. Do not stop speaking to them.
- Acts 27:24The angel said, “Paul, do not be afraid. You must go to Rome and Caesar will judge you there. Because of you, God will be kind to all the people on the ship with you. None of them will die.”
Commentaries on Psalms 64:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Hear my voice - The psalmist feared for his life, and the lives of his fellow-captives; and he sought help of God. He prayed, and he lifted up his voice; and thus showed his earnestness.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer - The use of the word voice here would seem to imply that this was audible prayer, or that, though alone, he gave utterance to his petitions aloud. We have this same use of the word often in the Psalms, making it probable that even private prayers were uttered in an audible manner. In most cases, when there is no danger of being overheard, or of its being construed as ostentation or Pharisaism, this is favorable to the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Prayer for deliverance. (1-6) The destruction of the wicked, encouragement to the righteous. (7-10) Verses 1-6 The psalmist earnestly begs of God to preserve him from disquieting fear. The tongue is a little member, but it boasts great things. The upright man is the mark at which the wicked aim, they cannot speak peaceably either of him or to him. There is no guard against a false tongue. It is bad to do wrong, but worse to encourage ourselves and one…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. 1-101. preserve ... fear--as well as the danger producing it.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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