Psalms 64 · Verse 2

Psalms 64:2

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Psalms 64:2, King James Version

Psalms 64:2 in other translations

BSBHide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
WEBHide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
ASVHide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;
YLTHidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
DARBYHide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
BBEKeep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;
WebsterHide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

What does Psalms 64:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. insurrection--literally, "uproar," noisy assaults, as well as their secret counsels.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Hide me from the secret counsel - They plotted his destruction, and then formed insurrections in order to accomplish it. Workers of iniquity - Those who made sin their labor, their daily employment; it was their occupation and trade. It is supposed that by this title the Babylonians are intended. See Psa 6:3; Psa 14:4; Psa 36:12; Psa 53:4; Psa 59:2.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 64:1-6

The psalmist earnestly begs of God to preserve him from disquieting fear. The tongue is a little member, but it boasts great things. The upright man is the mark at which the wicked aim, they cannot speak peaceably either of him or to him. There is no guard against a false tongue. It is bad to do wrong, but worse to encourage ourselves and one another in it. It is a sign that the heart is hardened to the greatest…

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Psalms 64:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִיTas.ti.re.niyou will hide meH5641
מִסּ֣וֹדmi.Sodfrom [the] secret counsel ofH5475
מְרֵעִ֑יםme.re.'Imevil-doersH7489
מֵ֝רִגְשַׁ֗תme.rig.Shatfrom [the] unrest ofH7285
פֹּ֣עֲלֵיPo.'a.lei[those who] doH6466
אָֽוֶן\׃'A.ven<of> wickednessH205

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 64:2

  • Psalms 109:2-3

    For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

  • Psalms 143:9

    Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

  • Psalms 59:2

    Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

  • Psalms 31:20

    Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

  • Psalms 27:5

    For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

  • Jeremiah 11:19

    But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  • Jeremiah 18:23

    Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

  • Psalms 3:1

    A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

  • Isaiah 32:2

    And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

  • Psalms 56:6

    They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

  • Acts 25:3

    And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

  • Psalms 2:2

    The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hide.
27:5; 31:20; 143:9; Isa 32:2
secret.
56:6; 109:2,3; Ge 4:6; 1Sa 23:22,23; 2Sa 17:2-4; Jer 11:19; 18:23
Mt 26:3,4; Ac 23:14,15; 25:3
insurrection.
2:2; 3:1; Lu 23:18-23

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Context

  • Psalms 64:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

  • Psalms 64:2

    Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

  • Psalms 64:3

    Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

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Psalms 64:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Escóndeme del secreto consejo de los malignos; de la conspiración de los que obran iniquidad:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Écoute, ô Dieu! ma voix, quand je me plains; garde ma vie de la crainte de l’ennemi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Verbirg mich vor dem geheimen Rat der Übeltäter, vor der Rotte derer, die Frevel tun!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.