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Psalms 64:1-10

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 circumstances, the deeds and power of the wicked, are seen again. But suddenly the Lord will act and strike down the wicked. He will avenge His own elect, who cry day and night unto Him. (See Luke 18:1. The widow in this parable is the godly Israelitish remnant.)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    PSALM LXIV _The psalmist prays for preservation from the wicked_, 1, 2; _whom he describes_, 3-6; _shows their punishment_, 7, 8; _and the effect that this should have on the godly_, 9, 10. NOTES...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HEAR 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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ App-65. OF DAVID. relating to David and the true David. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. PRAYER. musing....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _in my prayer_ R.V., in my complaint. Cp. Psalms 55:2; Psalms 55:17; 1 Samuel 1:16. _preserve_&c. From the enemy's terror the alarm which he excites thou wilt guard my life ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Prayer for preservation from malicious enemies, who are plotting against the Psalmist with subtle treachery and resolute determination....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _David prayeth for deliverance, complaining of his enemies: he promiseth himself to see such an evident destruction of them, that the righteous shall rejoice at it._ To the chief musician, A Psalm of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _HEAR MY VOICE, O GOD, IN MY PRAYER: PRESERVE MY LIFE FROM FEAR OF THE ENEMY._ Psalms 64:1.-Two strophes. He prays for preservation from the secret counsels of the wicked (Psalms 64:1); the completion...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MY PRAYER. — Rather, _my cry, complaint,_ as in Psalms 55:2....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לַ † מְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמֹ֥ור לְ דָוִֽד׃ ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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,...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    "To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David." Hear my (a) voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. (a) In that he calls to God with his voice, it is a sign that his prayer wa...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Of the captivity. That is, the people of the captivity of Babylon. This is not in the Hebrew, but is found in the ancient translation of the Septuagint. (Challoner) --- From the word canticle. (Haydoc...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS This Psalm is very similar to many that we meet with. It contains the cry of an awakened soul against the enemies of his salvation, in which is contained an assurance of deliverance, from th...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Reader will hardly need the aid of a commentator to direct his mind principally to the person of Christ, as being the persecuted soul here complaining. The enemy here spoken of is one special char...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _GOD THE DEFENCE OF THE PERSECUTED_ ‘Preserve my life.’ Psalms 64:1 I. THIS IS THE CRY OF DISTRESS, AND YET NOT OF DESPAIR.—The Psalmist is beset by wily enemies who plan and plot against him with...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    1._Hear my voice, O God! _He begins by saying that he prayed earnestly, and with vehemence, stating, at the same time, what rendered this necessary. The voice is heard in prayer, proportionally to the...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HEAR MY VOICE, O GOD, IN MY PRAYER,.... The prayer of the psalmist was vocal and expressed in a mournful manner, with groans and cries, as the word z used signifies, and with great ardour and fervency...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Psalms 64:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. _A Psalm of David_] Of like argument with the former. The Arabic p...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer, in his lamentation, in words of pain; PRESERVE MY LIFE FROM FEAR OF THE ENEMY, from the danger producing this terror and from its evil effects upon his body and lif...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    PSALM 64 THE ARGUMENT The matter of this Psalm plainly declares that it was made in a time when David was greatly distressed and reproached; which he was both under Saul, and in the time of Absalom's...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 64:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Psalm H4210 David H1732 Hear H8085 (H8798) voice H6963 God H430 meditation...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 18:10; Acts 18:9; Acts 27:24; Lamentations 3:55; Lamentations 3

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