Focused Passage

Psalms 64:1-6

Hidden Arrows, Exposed Schemes, and Refuge in the Righteous Judge

plea for preservation from dread -> exposure of secret verbal violence -> description of hardened conspiratorial planning -> sudden divine reversal -> public fear and reflection -> righteous joy and refuge in the LORD

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

2Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

4ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

5They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

6They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Cross-references

James 3BSB references Psalms 5:1Classic cross-references Psalms 55:1Classic cross-references Psalms 143:1Classic cross-references Psalms 34:4Classic cross-references Psalms 55:2Classic cross-references

Original words

Hearשְׁמַע־H8085Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularO Godאֱלֹהִ֣יםH430Noun - masculine pluralmy voiceקוֹלִ֣יH6963Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularof complaintבְשִׂיחִ֑יH7879Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularpreserveתִּצֹּ֥רH5341Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularmy lifeחַיָּֽי׃H2416Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularfrom dreadמִפַּ֥חַדH6343Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singularof the enemyא֝וֹיֵ֗בH341Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular

Verse 2

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Psalms 1:1Classic cross-references Psalms 31:20Classic cross-references Psalms 143:9Classic cross-references Psalms 59:2Classic cross-references Psalms 83:3Classic cross-references

Original words

Hide meתַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִיH5641Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singularfrom the schemingמִסּ֣וֹדH5475Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singularof the wickedמְרֵעִ֑יםH7489Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine pluralfrom the mobמֵ֝רִגְשַׁ֗תH7285Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructof workersפֹּ֣עֲלֵיH6466Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructof iniquityאָֽוֶן׃H205Noun - masculine singular

Verse 3

Cross-references

Luke 6:45Classic cross-references James 3:8Classic cross-references James 3:6Classic cross-references Matthew 12:34Classic cross-references Psalms 55:21Classic cross-references

Original words

whoאֲשֶׁ֤רH834Pronoun - relativesharpenשָׁנְנ֣וּH8150Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluraltheir tonguesלְשׁוֹנָ֑םH3956Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plurallike swordsכַחֶ֣רֶבH2719Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singularand aimדָּרְכ֥וּH1869Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluraltheir bitterמָֽר׃H4751Adjective - masculine singularwordsדָּבָ֥רH1697Noun - masculine singularlike arrowsחִ֝צָּ֗םH2671Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 4

Cross-references

1 Peter 2:22Classic cross-references Psalms 55:19Classic cross-references Isaiah 32:7Classic cross-references Matthew 2:7Classic cross-references Psalms 10:8Classic cross-references

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ambushingלִיר֣וֹתH3384Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructthe innocentתָּ֑םH8535Adjective - masculine singularin seclusionבַּמִּסְתָּרִ֣יםH4565Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluralshootingיֹ֝רֻ֗הוּH3384Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singularsuddenlyפִּתְאֹ֥םH6597Adverbwithoutוְלֹ֣אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlefearיִירָֽאוּ׃H3372Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural

Verse 5

Cross-references

Jeremiah 5:26Classic cross-references Psalms 140:5Classic cross-references Isaiah 29:15Classic cross-references Matthew 12:34Classic cross-references Psalms 10:11Classic cross-references

Original words

They hold fastיְחַזְּקוּ־H2388Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralto their evilרָ֗עH7451Adjective - masculine singularpurposeדָּ֘בָ֤רH1697Noun - masculine singularthey speakיְֽ֭סַפְּרוּH5608Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralof hidingלִטְמ֣וֹןH2934Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructtheir snaresמוֹקְשִׁ֑יםH4170Noun - masculine pluralWhoמִ֣יH4310Interrogativewill seeיִרְאֶה־H7200Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthemלָּֽמוֹ׃Preposition | third person masculine pluralthey sayאָ֝מְר֗וּH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

Verse 6

Cross-references

Proverbs 20:5Classic cross-references Psalms 27:11Classic cross-references Jeremiah 17:9Classic cross-references Matthew 26:59Classic cross-references Psalms 92:5Classic cross-references

Original words

They deviseיַֽחְפְּֽשׂוּ־H2664Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralinjustice [and say]עוֹלֹ֗תH5766Noun - feminine pluralWe have perfectedתַּ֭מְנוּH8552Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plurala secretחֵ֣פֶשׂH2665Noun - masculine singularplanמְחֻפָּ֑שׂH2664Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singularFor the innerוְקֶ֥רֶבH7130Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructmanאִ֝֗ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularand the heartוְלֵ֣בH3820Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularare mysteriousעָמֹֽק׃H6013Adjective - masculine singular

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