Psalms 64:5

5 They encourage themselves with evil words. They plan on laying traps in secret. "Who will be able to see them?" they ask.

Psalms 64:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 64:5

They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter
Or "strengthen him" ^F3; that is, Saul, by making use of arguments and reasonings to induce him to go on in his wicked persecution of David; or they strengthened and hardened themselves in their wickedness, as Saul's courtiers and the enemies of Christ did, and as all wicked men do, when they observe the sentence against them is not speedily executed, ( Ecclesiastes 8:11 ) ;

they commune of laying snares privily;
that is, they conversed together, and consulted how to lay snares for the perfect man in the most private manner, that they might entrap him and destroy him;

they say, who shall see them?
either the snares laid, or the persons that laid them? None; no, not even God himself; see ( Psalms 10:11 Psalms 10:14 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (wml wqzhy) "firmant illi", Muis.

Psalms 64:5 In-Context

3 who sharpen their tongues like swords. They aim their arrow—a cruel word—

4 from their hiding places so as to shoot an innocent person. They shoot without warning and without fear.

5 They encourage themselves with evil words. They plan on laying traps in secret. "Who will be able to see them?" they ask.

6 "Let someone try to expose our crimes! We've devised a perfect plot! It's deep within the human mind and heart."

7 But God will shoot them with an arrow! Without warning, they will be wounded!