Psalms 64:4

shoot. fear. Figure of speech Paronomasia. Hebrew. yoruhu.. yira'u.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 64:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That they may shoot in secret - From an unobserved quarter; from a place where they are so concealed that it cannot be known where the arrows com...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and (e) fear not. (e) To be without fear of God and reverence of man, i...
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

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. That they may shoot in secret - They lurk, that they may t...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

At the perfect— The upright man. Houbigant and Mudge. David gives himself this high appellation, as referring to his integrity and uprightness; h...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. That they may shoot in secret at the perfect - lik...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

In secret] RV 'in secret places.' The perfect ] the upright man: cp. Psalms 37:37 . Fear not ] regard neither God nor man.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And fear not. — These are utterly unscrupulous, fearing neither God nor man.
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

That the Lord Jesus is here alluded to by the Holy Ghost, is evident, for none but Jesus could ever come under the appellation of the perfect. The Re...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect ,.... Meaning himself, who though not without sin, and far from perfection in himself, in the sight of...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. Ver. 4. That they may shoot in secret at the perfect ]...
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

In secret; lying in ambush, or hiding themselves in secret places, as fowlers commonly do. The perfect; or, upright man; i.e. at me, who in spi...
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

INTRODUCTION Superscription . “ To the chief Musician: ” see Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ A Psalm of David ,” The structure and character of the...
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

that they may shoot in secret at the perfect, those innocent of the charges made against them by the wicked; suddenly do they shoot at him and fear...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:22 ; 1 Peter 2:23 ; 1 Samuel 18:11 ; 1 Samuel 19:10 ; 2 Samuel 15:14 ; Habakkuk 3:14 ; John 19:6 ; Nehemiah 4:11 ; Psalms 10:8 ;...

⁴ That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 64:4

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

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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 64:4