Bible Commentaries

Verse 1

Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

A. M. 2943. B.C. 1061. Hear

27:7; 55:1,2; 130:1,2; 141:1; 143:1-3; Lamentations 3:55,56

preserve

17:8,9; 31:13-15; 34:4; 56:2-4; Acts 18:9,10; 27:24

Reciprocal: Psalm 5:1 - Give; Psalm 119:149 - Hear; Psalm 140:6 - hear; Jeremiah 18:19 - Give

Verse 2

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

Hide

27:5; 31:20; 143:9; Isaiah 32:2

secret

56:6; 109:2,3; Genesis 4:6; 1 Samuel 23:22,23; 2 Samuel 17:2-4; Jeremiah 11:19; 18:23; Matthew 26:3,4; Acts 23:14,15; 25:3

insurrection

2:2; 3:1; Luke 23:18-23

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:6 - secret; Psalm 1:1 - counsel; Psalm 37:14 - wicked; Psalm 38:12 - lay snares; Psalm 52:2 - Thy; Psalm 83:3 - They; Jeremiah 20:10 - I heard; Jeremiah 36:26 - but; Daniel 6:6 - assembled together; Habakkuk 3:14 - their; Mark 14:1 - by; Acts 5:33 - took; Acts 23:12 - certain; Acts 24:9 - General

Verse 3

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

whet

57:4; Proverbs 12:18; 30:14; Isaiah 54:17; Jeremiah 9:3; James 3:6-8

bend

11:2; 58:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:1 - Jacob; Genesis 49:23 - General; Job 15:5 - thou choosest; Job 19:2 - break me; Psalm 7:13 - ordaineth; Psalm 10:7 - and deceit; Psalm 31:18 - speak; Psalm 50:19 - tongue; Psalm 55:21 - The words; Psalm 59:7 - swords; Psalm 94:4 - shall; Psalm 109:2 - the mouth; Psalm 140:3 - sharpened; Proverbs 18:8 - words; Ecclesiastes 10:11 - a babbler; Jeremiah 9:5 - taught; Jeremiah 9:8 - tongue; Jeremiah 18:18 - Come and let us smite; Hosea 5:2 - profound; Matthew 12:34 - how; Luke 6:45 - and an; Luke 23:2 - forbidding; Ephesians 4:31 - bitterness; James 3:8 - an unruly

Verse 4

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

shoot

10:8,9; Nehemiah 4:11; Habakkuk 3:14

the perfect

59:3,4; John 19:6; 1 Peter 2:22,23

suddenly

7; 1 Samuel 18:11; 19:10; 2 Samuel 15:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:1 - Jacob; Psalm 11:2 - lo; Psalm 31:18 - speak; Psalm 35:7 - without; Psalm 35:20 - but; Psalm 94:4 - shall; Psalm 109:2 - the mouth; Psalm 140:3 - sharpened; Proverbs 18:8 - words; Proverbs 24:2 - General; Isaiah 32:7 - deviseth; Jeremiah 9:3 - they bend; Jeremiah 9:8 - tongue; Jeremiah 18:22 - and hid; Matthew 2:7 - General; Matthew 26:3 - assembled; James 3:8 - an unruly

Verse 5

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

encourage

Exodus 15:9; Numbers 22:6; Proverbs 1:11-14; Isaiah 41:6; Revelation 11:10

matter

or, speech. commune.

1 Samuel 23:19-23; Matthew 23:15; 26:3,4

of laying snares

Heb. to hide snares.

124:7; 140:5

Who

10:11; 59:7; 94:7; Ezekiel 8:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 11:3 - they said one to another; Genesis 20:13 - This; Genesis 27:42 - comfort himself; Genesis 37:20 - and let; Judges 20:22 - encouraged; Psalm 11:2 - that; Psalm 140:2 - imagine; Isaiah 29:15 - seek; Isaiah 47:10 - thou hast said; Jeremiah 5:26 - lay wait; Jeremiah 18:22 - and hid; Jeremiah 36:24 - they; Matthew 12:34 - how; Luke 14:1 - they

Verse 6

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

search

35:11; 1 Samuel 22:9; 24:9; 25:10; Daniel 6:4,5; Matthew 26:59; John 18:29,30; 19:7

they accomplish, etc

or, we are consumed by that which they have thoroughly searched. a diligent search. Heb. a search searched. both.

5:9; Proverbs 20:5; Isaiah 29:15; Jeremiah 17:9,10; 1 Corinthians 4:5

Reciprocal: Psalm 5:10 - let; Psalm 27:11 - mine enemies; Psalm 49:11 - Their inward; Psalm 92:5 - deep; Psalm 140:2 - imagine; Proverbs 1:11 - let us lay; Daniel 11:27 - shall be to; Luke 14:1 - they; Romans 8:39 - depth

Verse 7

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

God

7:12,13; 18:14; Deuteronomy 32:23,42; Job 6:4; Lamentations 3:12,13

suddenly

4; 73:19; Proverbs 6:15; 29:1; Isaiah 30:13; Matthew 24:40,50,51; 1 Thessalonians 5:2,3

shall they be wounded

Heb. their wound shall be.

1 Kings 22:34; 1 Chronicles 10:3-7

Reciprocal: Psalm 21:12 - thou shalt; Psalm 35:8 - Let destruction; Psalm 36:12 - There; Psalm 38:2 - thine; Psalm 52:5 - God; Psalm 58:7 - General; Psalm 59:12 - For the; Psalm 138:7 - thou shalt stretch; Psalm 139:19 - Surely; Psalm 141:10 - the wicked; Proverbs 21:11 - the scorner

Verse 8

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

tongue

59:12; 140:9; Job 15:6; Proverbs 12:13; 18:7; Matthew 21:41; Luke 19:22

all that

31:11; 52:6; Numbers 16:34; 1 Samuel 31:3-7; Nahum 3:7; Revelation 18:4,10

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:23 - spoken; Psalm 58:7 - General; Psalm 94:23 - And he; Psalm 109:27 - General; Psalm 138:7 - thou shalt stretch; Psalm 141:10 - the wicked; Proverbs 26:7 - so; Ecclesiastes 10:12 - but; Jeremiah 9:8 - tongue; Jeremiah 23:36 - for every; Matthew 23:31 - witnesses; Luke 11:48 - ye bear

Verse 9

And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

fear

40:3; 53:5; 119:20; Jeremiah 50:28; 51:10; Revelation 11:13

they

58:11; 107:42,43; Isaiah 5:12; Ezekiel 14:23; Hosea 14:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 9:16 - that my; Numbers 23:23 - What hath; Job 37:7 - that; Psalm 52:6 - righteous; Psalm 109:27 - General; Ecclesiastes 3:14 - God doeth it; Isaiah 14:16 - shall narrowly; Isaiah 26:9 - for; Ezekiel 36:35 - they shall; Acts 5:5 - great; Acts 19:17 - and fear; 2 Timothy 2:7 - Consider; Revelation 11:17 - thou hast

Verse 10

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

righteous

32:11; 33:1; 40:3; 58:10; 68:2,3; Philippians 4:4

upright

97:11; 112:2; 1 Corinthians 1:30,31; Galatians 6:14 Reciprocal: Psalm 11:2 - the upright; Psalm 92:4 - General; Psalm 112:7 - trusting; Isaiah 45:25 - glory; Revelation 11:17 - thou hast