Salmos 64:5

5 Se afirman a sí mismos la palabra mala, tratan de esconder los lazos, y dicen: ¿Quién los ha de ver

Salmos 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.

Salmos 64:5 In-Context

3 que amolaron su lengua como espada, y armaron por su saeta palabra amarga

4 para asaetear a escondidas al perfecto; de improviso lo asaetean, y no temen

5 Se afirman a sí mismos la palabra mala, tratan de esconder los lazos, y dicen: ¿Quién los ha de ver

6 Escudriñan iniquidades, perfeccionan y ponen en efecto lo que inventaron en lo íntimo de cada uno, y en su corazón inventivo

7 Mas Dios los herirá con saeta; de repente serán sus plagas