1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Heare my voyce, O God, in my prayer: preserue my life from feare of the enemie. 2 Hide me from the conspiracie of the wicked, and from the rage of the workers of iniquitie. 3 Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes. 4 To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not. 5 They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them? 6 They haue sought out iniquities, and haue accomplished that which they sought out, euen euery one his secret thoughtes, and the depth of his heart. 7 But God will shoote an arrowe at them suddenly: their strokes shalbe at once. 8 They shall cause their owne tongue to fall vpon them: and whosoeuer shall see them, shall flee away. 9 And all men shall see it, and declare the worke of God, and they shall vnderstand, what he hath wrought. 10 But the righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and trust in him: and all that are vpright of heart, shall reioyce.
Psalm 64 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Original 16th-century spelling.
Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 34:4; Psalm 143:1–3; Psalm 130:1–2; Psalm 141:1; Lamentations 3:55–56
- 2 Psalm 109:2–3; Psalm 143:9; Psalm 59:2; Psalm 31:20; Psalm 27:5
- 3 Jeremiah 9:3; Psalm 57:4; Psalm 58:7; James 3:6–8; Psalm 11:2
- 4 1 Peter 2:22–23; Psalm 55:19; Psalm 10:8–9; Psalm 11:2; John 19:6
- 5 Psalm 140:5; Psalm 10:11; Job 22:13; Ezekiel 8:12; Psalm 94:7
- 6 Matthew 26:59; Jeremiah 17:9–10; Psalm 5:9; Isaiah 29:15; Daniel 6:4–5
- 7 Proverbs 6:15; Psalm 7:12–13; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3; Psalm 18:14; Job 6:4
- 8 Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 12:13; Psalm 140:9; Psalm 31:11; Nahum 3:7
- 9 Jeremiah 51:10; Hosea 14:9; Psalm 40:3; Psalm 107:42–43; Isaiah 5:12
- 10 Psalms 32:11–33:1; Psalm 40:3; 1 Corinthians 1:30–31; Psalm 25:20; Psalm 112:2
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
This psalm hath the title, "For David himself, when he was in the desert of Idumæa." By the name of Idumæa is understood this world. For Idumæa was a certain nation of men going astray, where idols were worshipped. In no good sense is put this Idumæa.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For these meaner things have their delights, but not like unto my God, who hath created all things; for in Him doth the righteous delight, and He is the sweetness of the upright in heart.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)