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Selected Verse: Psalms 64:4 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 64:4 |
King James |
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
the perfect--one innocent of the charges made (Psa 18:23).
fear not-- (Psa 55:19), not regarding God. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 come from. There was a purpose to ruin him, and at the same time to conceal themselves, or not to let him know from what source the ruin came. It was not an open and manly fight, where he could see his enemy, but it was a warfare with a concealed foe.
At the perfect - At the upright; at one who is perfect so far as his treatment of them is concerned. Compare Psa 18:20, note; Psa 18:23, note.
Suddenly do they shoot at him - At an unexpected time, and from an unlooked-for quarter. They accomplish what they intended; they carry out their design.
And fear not - They feel confident that they are not known, and that they will not be detected. They have no fear of God or man. Compare Psa 55:19. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
That they may shoot in secret - They lurk, that they may take their aim the more surely, and not miss their mark.
Suddenly - When there is no fear apprehended, because none is seen. |
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.