The Bible: Psalms Chapter 64: with Audio and Commentary.

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Psalms Chapter 64 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

1 Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

4 to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

5 They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"

6 They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.

7 But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

8 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

9 All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.

10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!

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Psalms Chapter 64 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Guide

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 method. It is secret counsel and studied cruelty. They have one object, to harm the righteous by shooting at him from secret places. They strengthen themselves by declaring that none can see them. This is the singer's distress. The warfare is unequal. His foes are not in the open, but under cover. At verse Psalms 64:7 we have the beginning of his account of the reason why his distress is not despair. Over against his foes' evil determination to shoot at the righteous is the fact that God will shoot at them. That is the security of the trusting sod. In New Testament times the truth is expressed differently, but the principle abides, "If God be for us, who can be against us?" The practical application of this to the righteous is that there is no need for them to attempt to take vengeance on their enemies. Their one care is to trust God. Such trust will issue in gladness, and the inevitable vindication of their faith. In order to do this we ever need to pray as the psalmist does, not so much for deliverance from enemies as for deliverance from fear of them.

From "An Exposition of the Whole Bible" by G. Campbell Morgan.

Psalms Chapter 64 Commentary

Chapter Outline

  1. Prayer for deliverance. -- (1-6)
  2. The destruction of the wicked, encouragement to the righteous. -- (7-10)

Verses 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 cannot speak peaceably either of him or to him. There is no guard against a false tongue. It is bad to do wrong, but worse to encourage ourselves and one another in it. It is a sign that the heart is hardened to the greatest degree, when it is thus fully set to do evil. A practical disbelief of God's knowledge of all things, is at the bottom of every wickedness. The benefit of a good cause and a good conscience, appears most when nothing can help a man against his enemies, save God alone, who is always a present help.

Verses 7-10

When God brings upon men the mischiefs they have desired on others, it is weight enough to sink a man to the lowest hell. Those who love cursing, it shall come upon them. Those who behold this shall understand, and observe God's hand in all; unless we do so, we are not likely to profit by the dispensations of Providence. The righteous shall be glad in the Lord; not glad of the misery and ruin of their fellow-creatures, but glad that God is glorified, and his word fulfilled, and the cause of injured innocence pleaded effectually. They rejoice not in men, nor in themselves, nor in any creature, or creature enjoyments, nor in their wisdom, strength, riches, or righteousness; but in Christ, in whom all the seed of Israel are justified and glory, and in what he is to them, and has done for them.

From the "Concise Commentary on the Bible" by Matthew Henry.