God’s Word Translation
Psalms 64:4
4to shoot at innocent people from their hiding places. They shoot at them suddenly, without any fear.
Psalms 64:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
- New International Version (NIV)They shoot from ambush at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.
- English Standard Version (ESV)shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
- New King James Version (NKJV)That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.
Context of Psalms 64:4
2Hide me from the secret plots of criminals, from the mob of troublemakers. 3They sharpen their tongues like swords. They aim bitter words like arrows to shoot at innocent people from their hiding places. They shoot at them suddenly, without any fear. 5They encourage one another in their evil plans. They talk about setting traps and say, “Who can see them?” 6They search for the perfect crime and say, “We have perfected a foolproof scheme!” Human nature and the human heart are a mystery!
Read all of Psalms 64Psalms 64:4 word by word
לִיר֣וֹת בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֣ים תָּ֑ם פִּתְאֹ֥ם יֹ֝רֻ֗הוּ וְלֹ֣א יִירָֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 64:4
- Psalms 10:8He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. His eyes are on the lookout for victims.
- Nehemiah 4:11Our enemies said, “Before they know what is happening or see a thing, we will be right in the middle of them. We’ll kill them and bring the work to an end.”
- Habakkuk 3:14You pierce the leader of his gang with his own arrows. His soldiers come like a violent storm to scatter me. They are arrogant like those who secretly eat up the poor.
- Psalms 59:3They lie in ambush for me right here! Fierce men attack me, O Lord, but not because of any disobedience,
- John 19:6When the chief priests and the guards saw Jesus, they shouted, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate told them, “You take him and crucify him. I don’t find this man guilty of anything.”
- 1 Peter 2:22Christ never committed any sin. He never spoke deceitfully.
- Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with an arrow. Suddenly, they will be struck dead.
- 1 Samuel 18:11He raised the spear and thought, “I’ll nail David to the wall.” But David got away from him twice.
- 1 Samuel 19:10Saul tried to nail David to the wall with his spear. But David dodged it, and Saul’s spear struck the wall. David fled, escaping ⌞from Saul⌟ that night.
- 2 Samuel 15:14David told all his men who were with him in Jerusalem, “Let’s flee immediately, or none of us will escape from Absalom. Let’s leave right away, or he’ll catch up to us and bring disaster on us when he massacres the city.”
Commentaries on Psalms 64:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4That they may shoot in secret - They lurk, that they may take their aim the more surely, and not miss their mark. Suddenly - When there is no fear apprehended, because none is seen.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4That they may shoot in secret - From an unobserved quarter; from a place where they are so concealed that it cannot be known where the arrows come from. There was a purpose to ruin him, and at the same time to conceal themselves, or not to let him know from what source the ruin came. It was not an open and manly fight, where he could see his enemy, but it was a warfare with a concealed foe. At the perfect - At the upright; at one who is perfect so far as…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. 3-43-4. Similar figures for slander (Psa 57:4; 59:7). bend--literally, "tread," or, "prepared." The allusion is to the mode of bending a bow by treading on it; here, and in Psa 58:7, transferred to arrows.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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