Psalm 64:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 64:2

Hide. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for protect. secret counsel = conspiracy (2 Samuel 16:20-22 ; 2 Samuel 17:1-4 ). wicked. Hebrew. ra'a'. insurrection. The former, secret; this, open. iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 64:2

2. insurrection—literally, "uproar," noisy assaults, as well as their secret counsels. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 64:1-2

1. A plea for protection 64:1-2David opened his psalm with a complaint in which he asked God to preserve him from dreading the plots of wicked enemies who conspired in secret against him. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 64:1-10

Psalms 64David asked God to judge the enemies of the righteous in this individual lament psalm. He requested divine protection and voiced confidence that God would judge his wicked foes. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 64:1-10

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 see it, and a new ground for the righteous to rejoice in God. The same figure (shooting an arrow) is employed both for the assaults of the wicked and for their discomfiture by God.4. In secret] RV ’in secret places.’ The perfect] the upright man: cp. Psalms 37:37. Fear not] regard neither God nor... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 64:2

(2) Secret counsel . . . insurrection—Better, secret league (sôd) . . . noisy gathering (rigshah). For sôd see Psalms 25:14, and for rigshah see Note to Psalms 2:2. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 64:1-10

Psalms 64:1-10FAMILIAR 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, their blasphemous defiance of detection, the sudden flashing out of God’s retribution, the lesson thereby read to and learned by men, the vindication of God’s justice, and praise from all true hearts, are frequent themes. They are woven here into a whole which much resembles many other psalms.... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 64:1-10

Psalms 64:0 The Wicked and their End 1. The power of the wicked displaced (Psalms 64:1-6 ) 2. Their sudden end (Psalms 64:7-10 ) 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 18:1-7 . The widow in this parable is the godly Israelitish remnant.) read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 64:2

64:2 Hide me from the {b} secret counsel of the wicked; from the {c} insurrection of the workers of iniquity:(b) That is, from their secret malice.(c) That is, their outward violence. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 64:1-2

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 character defined to be so. And Christ's personal conflict was with him. And who can overlook the Jewish counsel before whom Christ was arraigned, when he stood before Pilate? Matthew 27:1 . While we always remember to keep alive in our minds the unequalled sorrows and afflictions of Jesus, we may... read more

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