Psalms 64:1
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
- KJV
- Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
- WEB
- Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
- ASV
- Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
- DARBY
- {To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:
- BLB
- For the one directing. A Psalm of David. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> Hear, O God, my voice in my complaint; from the dread of the enemy, may You preserve my life.
- ÅB
- Hør, Gud, min røst når jeg klager, bevar mitt liv for fiendens skremsel!
- OTB
- Hør min røst, Gud, i min klage;
Beskytt mitt liv fra fiendens frykt. - B1930
- Hør, Gud, min røst når jeg klager, bevar mitt liv for fiendens skremsel!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 34:4
I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Read in contextPsalms 143:1–3
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
Read in contextPsalms 130:1–2
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 141:1
LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
Read in contextLamentations 3:55–56
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Read in contextPsalms 140:1
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
Read in contextPsalms 31:13–15
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
Read in contextPsalms 55:1–2
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
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