New King James Version
Psalms 64:4
4That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; Suddenly they shoot at him and do not 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 Living Translation (NLT)They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
Context of Psalms 64:4
2Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity, 3Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words, That they may shoot in secret at the blameless; Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear. 5They encourage themselves in an evil matter; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, “Who will see them?” 6They devise iniquities: “We have perfected a shrewd scheme.” Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.
Read all of Psalms 64Psalms 64:4 word by word
לִיר֣וֹת בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֣ים תָּ֑ם פִּתְאֹ֥ם יֹ֝רֻ֗הוּ וְלֹ֣א יִירָֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 64:4
- Psalms 10:8He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the secret places he murders the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.
- Nehemiah 4:11And our adversaries said, “They will neither know nor see anything, till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease.”
- Habakkuk 3:14You thrust through with his own arrows The head of his villages. They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was like feasting on the poor in secret.
- Psalms 59:3For look, they lie in wait for my life; The mighty gather against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord.
- John 19:6Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.”
- 1 Peter 2:22“Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
- Psalms 64:7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; Suddenly they shall be wounded.
- 1 Samuel 18:11And Saul cast the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” But David escaped his presence twice.
- 1 Samuel 19:10Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul’s presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.
- 2 Samuel 15:14So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
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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