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Psalms 64:4

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

KJV

Verba iniquorum prævaluerunt super nos, et impietatibus nostris tu propitiaberis.

Vulgate

λόγοι ἀνόμων ὑπερηδυνάμωσαν ἡμᾶς, καὶ τὰς ἀσεβείας ἡμῶν σὺ ἱλάσῃ.

LXX

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

ASV

אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁנְנ֣וּ כַ/חֶ֣רֶב לְשׁוֹנָ֑/ם דָּרְכ֥וּ חִ֝צָּ֗/ם דָּבָ֥ר מָֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ו
v
noun · 45×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
ם
m
noun · 116×
ם
m
verb · 9×
מַר
mr
verb · 39×
נִי
ny
verb · 63×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:22 — Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
  • Isa 32:7 — The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
  • Matt 2:7 — Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
  • Ps 10:8 — 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.
  • Ps 11:2 — 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.
  • Ps 35:20 — For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
  • Ps 55:19 — God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.