Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 64:4
Verse Psalms 64:4. That 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.
Verse Psalms 64:4. That 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.
THAT 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 sam...
Psalms 64 The Wicked and their End _ 1. The power of the wicked displaced (Psalms 64:1)_ 2. Their sudden end (Psalms 64:7) This Psalm stands in contrast with the preceding ones. The outward circum...
LXIV. PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AGAINST TREACHEROUS FOES. Psalms 64:6. The text needs correction. We may read, They plan evil deeds: they have hidden a well-devised plot, for the inner man is incurab...
SHOOT. FEAR. Figure of speech _Paronomasia._ Hebrew. _yoruhu._. _yira'u._...
Prayer for preservation from malicious enemies, who are plotting against the Psalmist with subtle treachery and resolute determination....
_That_they _may shoot_ Cp. Psalms 11:2. _in secret_ R.V., in secret places, as Psalms 10:8; Psalms 17:12. _the perfect_ The upright, blameless man, an epithet often applied to Job ...
AT THE PERFECT— _The upright man._ Houbigant and Mudge. David gives himself this high appellation, as referring to his integrity and uprightness; his perfect innocence of the crimes which his calumnia...
PSALMS 64 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Prayer against the Evil Tongues of Conspirators, who are Destroyed by Their Own Weapon. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 64:1-4 a, Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies, whose...
_THAT THEY MAY SHOOT IN SECRET AT THE PERFECT: SUDDENLY DO THEY SHOOT AT HIM, AND FEAR NOT._ That they may shoot in secret at the perfect - like night murderers waylaying the unwary traveler (Psalms...
64:4 secret (a-6) Or 'from their hiding-places.'...
This is a Ps. on a familiar theme. The Psalmist's life is in danger. He describes the injurious words and malicious plans of his enemies, and foretells how their overthrow will be a warning to all who...
IN SECRET] RV 'in secret places.' THE PERFECT] the upright man: cp. Psalms 37:37. FEAR NOT] regard neither God nor man....
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
AND FEAR NOT. — These are utterly unscrupulous, fearing neither God nor man....
_[Psalms 64:5]_ לִ ירֹ֣ות בַּ † מִּסְתָּרִ֣ים...
Psalms 64:1 FAMILIAR notes are struck in this psalm, which has no very distinctive features. Complaint of secret slanderers, the comparison of their words to arrows and swords, their concealed snares,...
DELIVERANCE FROM POWERFUL FOES Psalms 64:1 Another of the psalms dating from Saul's persecution. There are two stanzas. PRAYER FOR PRESERVATION, PSALMS 64:1 Insult, sarcasm, and slander still fall...
This is the cry of distress, and yet not of despair. The singer is beset by wily enemies who plan and plot against him with malicious and persistent determination. In great detail he describes their m...
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and (e) fear not. (e) To be without fear of God and reverence of man, is a sign of reprobation....
Transgressions. These are the words of the Christian converts, (Eusebius) or of the Jews, who acknowledge that they have been justly punished with drought, for neglecting the temple and first fruits,...
That the Lord Jesus is here alluded to by the Holy Ghost, is evident, for none but Jesus could ever come under the appellation of the perfect. The Reader will not want testimonies in how many instance...
Psalms 64 chiefly speaks of the unceasing crafty hatred of the enemy and cries to God: God will shoot at them suddenly. The result of this judgment will be that all shall fear and declare the work of...
THAT THEY MAY SHOOT IN SECRET AT THE PERFECT,.... Meaning himself, who though not without sin, and far from perfection in himself, in the sight of God and with respect to his righteous law, which was...
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. Ver. 4. _That they may shoot in secret at the perfect_] Innocence and integrity is no target against calumny...
_Preserve my life from fear_ That is, from danger: the act or passion of fear being often put for its object, danger, as Psalms 14:5; 1 Peter 3:14, and frequently elsewhere. _Hide me from the secret c...
that they may shoot in secret at the perfect, those innocent of the charges made against them by the wicked; SUDDENLY DO THEY SHOOT AT HIM AND FEAR NOT, refusing to regard God, stifling the voice of t...
INVOCATION OF GOD AGAINST THE DECEIT OF MEN. To the chief musician, a psalm of David, composed at one of the periods of his life when he was annoyed above the ordinary by the trickery of men who prof...
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 cann...
IN SECRET; lying in ambush, or hiding themselves in secret places, as fowlers commonly do. THE PERFECT; or, _upright_ man; i.e. at me, who in spite of all their calumnies dare avow that my heart is pe...
Psalms 64:4 shoot H3384 (H8800) secret H4565 blameless H8535 Suddenly H6597 shoot H3384 (H8686) fear H3372 ...
HEADING. ‘For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.' Once again the Psalm is dedicated to the Chief Musician, but we are told nothing about it except that it is a Psalm of David. The Psalm can be d...
CONTENTS: David prays for deliverance from the malicious designs of enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God will turn the tables on the adversaries of His people and defeat them at their ow...
REFLECTIONS. This psalm describes at large the plots and insinuations of David's enemies for his destruction. They took secret counsel against him, and he cried and prayed, on the contrary, that God w...
_Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy._ MAN’S ENMITY TOWARDS MAN We see this enmity here in three aspects. I. Piously dreaded. David prays against it. He pray...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 64:1. This individual lament shares with Psalms 63:1 a confidence in God’s victory over those who bring troubles on the righteous. The psalm h
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_. “_To the chief Musician:_” see Introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Psalm of David_,” The structure and character of the psalm confirm the title as to its Davidic authorship....
EXPOSITION AT a time of great danger from domestic enemies, who threaten insurrection (Psalms 64:2), the psalmist first complains to God, and entreats his aid (Psalms 64:1); after which he boldly deno...
Psa 64:1-10, another psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from the fear of the enemy (Psalms 64:1). You know, fear is a horrible thing. And fear can actually get hold...
1 Peter 2:22; 1 Peter 2:23; 1 Samuel 18:11; 1 Samuel 19:10; 2 S