Psalms 64:4 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 64:4

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

KJV

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ASV

That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

WEB

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

YLT

To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.

DBT

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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19 verses on the floor

1 Peter 2:22–23
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Psalms 55:19
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
Psalms 10:8–9
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
Psalms 11:2
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Isaiah 32:7
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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But, (1.) Their tongues are their swords, flaming swords, two-edged swords, drawn swords, drawn in anger, with which they cut, and wound, and kill, the good name of their neighbours. The tongue is a little member, but, like the sword, it boasts great things, Jam. iii. It is a dangerous weapon.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

By the spirit of prophecy he foretels their destruction, which would redound to the glory of God and the encouragement of his people,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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