Psalms 64:5

5 They encourage each other to do wrong. They talk about setting traps, thinking no one will see them.

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 They sharpen their tongues like swords and shoot bitter words like arrows.

4 From their hiding places they shoot at innocent people; they shoot suddenly and are not afraid.

5 They encourage each other to do wrong. They talk about setting traps, thinking no one will see them.

6 They plan wicked things and say, "We have a perfect plan." The mind of human beings is hard to understand.

7 But God will shoot them with arrows; they will suddenly be struck down.