--- title: "Psalms 64 - Study King James Bible with barnes notes on the whole bible" description: "Read Psalms 64 with barnes notes on the whole bible commentary. 1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of t" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/barnes-notes-on-the-whole-bible/psalms/64" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/64)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/64)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/64) Audio 1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, *and* bend *their bows to shoot* their arrows, *even* bitter words: 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves *in* an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?** 6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward *thought* of every one *of them*, and the heart, *is* deep.** 7 But God shall shoot at them *with* an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.* 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. 9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. 10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. [Psalms 63](/study/psalms/63) [Psalms 65](/study/psalms/65) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer -**The use of the word voice here would seem to imply that this was audible prayer, or that, though alone, he gave utterance to his petitions aloud. We have this same use of the word often in the Psalms, making it probable that even private prayers were uttered in an audible manner. In most cases, when there is no danger of being overheard, or of its being construed as ostentation or Pharisaism, this is favorable to the spirit of secret devotion. Compare the notes at [Daniel 6:10](/kjv/daniel/6/10). The word here rendered prayer means properly speech, discourse; then, complaint; then, meditation. It is most commonly rendered complaint. See [Job 7:13](/kjv/job/7/13); [Job 9:27](/kjv/job/9/27); [Job 10:1](/kjv/job/10/1); [Job 21:4](/kjv/job/21/4); [Psalms 55:2](/kjv/psalms/55/2) (notes); [Psalms 102:0](/kjv/psalms/102/0) (Title); [Psalms 142:2](/kjv/psalms/142/2). It refers here to a state of mind caused by trouble and danger, when the deep meditation on his troubles and dangers found expression in audible words - whether those words were complaint or petition. As there are no indications in the psalm that David was disposed to complain in the sense of blaming God, the proper interpretation here is that his deep meditations took the form of prayer. **Preserve my life from fear of the enemy -**Either Saul or Absalom. 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