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.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 64:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hide me - Or, more literally, thou wilt hide me. There is both an implied prayer that this might be done, and a confident belief that it would be...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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)...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXIV. Prayer of a Righteous Man against Treacherous Foes. Psalms 64:6 . The text needs correction. We may read, They plan evil deeds: they have h...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Hide me from the secret counsel - They plotted his d...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicke...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 foretel...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Secret counsel... insurrection — Better, secret league ( sôd ) ... noisy gathering ( rigshah ). For sôd see Psalms 25:14 , and for rigsha...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 64:1-10 FAMILIAR notes are struck in this psalm, which has no very distinctive features. Complaint of secret slanderers, the comparison of...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deliverance from Powerful Foes Psalms 64:1-10 Another of the psalms dating from Saul's persecution. There are two stanzas. Prayer for preserv...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 compla...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked ,.... The word used denotes both the place where wicked men meet together for consultation; see Genes...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Ver. 2. Hide me from the secret counsel of the wi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Preserve my life from fear That is, from danger: the act or passion of fear being often put for its object, danger, as Psalms 14:5 ; 1 Peter 3:14...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Malice of David's Enemies. To the chief musician. A psalm of David. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

From the secret counsel, i.e. from the ill effects of their plots against me.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Heading. ‘For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.' Once again the Psalm is dedicated to the Chief Musician, but we are told nothing about it ex...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

REFLECTIONS . This psalm describes at large the plots and insinuations of David's enemies for his destruction. They took secret counsel against him,...
The Biblical Illustrator

Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. Man’s enmity towards man We see this enmity here in three aspects....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION AT a time of great danger from domestic enemies, who threaten insurrection ( Psalms 64:2 ), the psalmist first complains to God, an...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Invocation of God against the Deceit of Men. To the chief musician, a psalm of David, composed at one of the periods of his life when he was annoy...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked, for that is the manner of the wicked, to conspire in secret, to form alliances of which no one knows a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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² Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

Related Commentaries of Psalms 64:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 64:2