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4That they may shoot{H8800)} in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot{H8686)} at him, and fear{H8799)} not.
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God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. …
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: …
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)David, in these verses, puts in before God a representation of his own danger and of his enemies’ character, to enforce his petition that God would protect him and punish them. I. He earnestly begs of God to preserve him ( Ps. 64:1 , 2 ): Hear my voice, O God! in my prayer ; that is, grant me the thing I pray for, and this is it, Lord, preserve my life from fear of the enemy , that is, fro the ene…
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