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Psalms 64:1
To the director: A song of David.
God, listen to my complaint. Save me from the terrible threats of my enemies!Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- Hastings'Parallel Translations
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;Guard my life from dread of the enemy.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; Preserve my life from dread of the enemy.O Lorde heare my voyce in my prayer: preserue my life from feare of the enemie.
To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:Hear my voice, O God, in my meditation; Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. O God, hear my voice in my complaint; guard my life from the terror of the enemy.
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[To the chiefe musician, a Psalme of Dauid.] Heare my voice, O God, in my praier; preserue my life from feare of the enemie.
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Heare my voyce (o God) in my coplaynte, preserue my life fro feare of ye enemie.
A David Psalm
Listen and help, O God. I'm reduced to a whine And a whimper, obsessed with feelings of doomsday.Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; Guard my life from the terror of the enemy.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
For the music director; a psalm of David.
Listen to me, O God, as I offer my lament! Protect my life from the enemy's terrifying attacks.(A psalm by David for the music leader.)
Listen to my concerns, God, and protect me from my terrible enemies.For the leader. A psalm of David:
To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Heare my voyce, O God, in my prayer: preserue my life from feare of the enemie.
HEAR my voice, O God, as I pray to thee; preserve my life from fear of mine enemy.
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For the Leader. A Psalm of David.
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
O God, listen to my complaint. Protect my life from my enemies' threats.O God, hear my voice when I complain. Keep my life safe from the fear of those who hate me.
Hear my prayer, O God, when I make my petition to thee; deliver my soul from fear of the enemy.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from the dread enemy.(63-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for David.> (63-2) Hear O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.
For the music director. A psalm of David.
Hear my voice, O God, in my lamenting. Preserve my life from the fear of the enemy.To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.Hear my voice, God, in my complaint; Protect my life from dread of the enemy.
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
God, listen to my complaint. I am afraid of my enemies; protect my life from them.I am in trouble, God—listen to my prayer! I am afraid of my enemies—save my life!
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
God, hear my voice when I complain. Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.The titil of the thre and sixtithe salm. `In Ebrewe thus, To the victorie, the salm of Dauid. `In Jerom `thus, To the ouercomer, the song of Dauid. God, here thou my preier, whanne Y biseche; delyuere thou my soule fro the drede of the enemy.
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy,
Contextual Overview
To the director: A song of David.
God, listen to my complaint. Save me from the terrible threats of my enemies! 2 Protect me from the secret plans of the wicked. Hide me from that gang of evil people. 3 They sharpen their tongues to use like swords. They aim their poisonous words like arrows. 4 Suddenly, from their hiding places, they let their arrows fly. They shoot to kill innocent people. 5 They encourage each other to do wrong. They talk about setting traps and say, "No one will see them here! 6 No one will discover our crime. We have the perfect plan!" Yes, people can be very tricky and hard to understand.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
am 2943, bc 1061
Hear: Psalms 27:7, Psalms 55:1, Psalms 55:2, Psalms 130:1, Psalms 130:2, Psalms 141:1, Psalms 143:1-3, Lamentations 3:55, Lamentations 3:56
preserve: Psalms 17:8, Psalms 17:9, Psalms 31:13-15, Psalms 34:4, Psalms 56:2-4, Acts 18:9, Acts 18:10, Acts 27:24
Reciprocal: Psalms 5:1 - Give Psalms 119:149 - Hear Psalms 140:6 - hear Jeremiah 18:19 - Give
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer,.... The prayer of the psalmist was vocal and expressed in a mournful manner, with groans and cries, as the word z used signifies, and with great ardour and fervency; his condition, by reason of his enemies, being very distressing, and therefore he is very eager and earnest that he might be heard;
preserve my life from fear of the enemy; David had his enemies. Saul and his courtiers, and was afraid of them; Christ had his enemies the wicked Jews, who sought his life before the time, and therefore he walked no more in Judea till near the time; and whose human nature was sometimes possessed of the fears of death, though they were sinless ones: the church and people of God have their enemies; as the men of the world, who revile, reproach, and persecute them; Satan their adversary, who goes about seeking to devour them; and their own corruptions and lusts which war against their souls; and death, the last enemy, which is so to human nature, though by the grace of Christ friendly to the saints. And the people of God have their fears of these enemies; they are afraid of men, their revilings and persecutions, though they have no reason since God is on their side; and of Satan, whose fiery darts and buffetings are very distressing, though if resisted he will flee; and of their own corruptions, lest they should one day perish by them; or, at least, lest they should break out, to the wounding of their souls, and the dishonour of God: and some of them, through fear of death, are all their lifetime subject to bondage: which fears, though they are not the saints' excellencies, but their infirmities, yet are consistent with the grace of God; and under the power and influence of these fears they apprehend sometimes their life to be in danger; and therefore pray to the God of their life, who has given them it, and is the preserver of it, that he would preserve their natural life, as he does; as also their spiritual life, which is preserved by him; is bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord their God, and is hid with Christ in God.
z בשיחי "in querimonia mea", Tigurine version; "in oratione mea gemebunda", Gejerus; so Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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. The word here rendered prayer means properly speech, discourse; then, complaint; then, meditation. It is most commonly rendered complaint. See Job 7:13; Job 9:27; Job 10:1; Job 21:4; Psalms 55:2 (notes); Psalms 102:0 (Title); 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. He prayed that his life might be made so secure that he would not have occasion to be afraid of his enemy.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
PSALM LXIV
The psalmist prays for preservation from the wicked, 1, 2;
whom he describes, 3-6;
shows their punishment, 7, 8;
and the effect that this should have on the godly, 9, 10.
NOTES ON PSALM LXIV
The title, To the chief Musician, or conqueror, A Psalm of David. The Syriac says, "composed by David when warned by Gad the prophet, who said, Stay not in Masrob, because Saul seeks thy life." Some think it was composed by David when he was persecuted by Saul; or during the rebellion of Absalom. But Calmet thinks it is a complaint of the captives in Babylon.
Verse Psalms 64:1. Hear my voice — The psalmist feared for his life, and the lives of his fellow-captives; and he sought help of God. He prayed, and he lifted up his voice; and thus showed his earnestness.
