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Psalm 64

Psa. 64:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Theyq encourage
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves in an evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
ξmatter
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
: they commune
caphar (Hebrew #5608)
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
KJV usage: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Pronounce: saw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
σof laying
taman (Hebrew #2934)
to hide (by covering over)
KJV usage: hide, lay privily, in secret.
Pronounce: taw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
snares
mowqesh (Hebrew #4170)
from 3369; a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively): by implication, a hook (for the nose)
KJV usage: be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.
Pronounce: mo-kashe'
Origin: or moqesh {mo-kashe'}
privily
taman (Hebrew #2934)
to hide (by covering over)
KJV usage: hide, lay privily, in secret.
Pronounce: taw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
; they say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Who shall see
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 1:11‑13• 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
 12let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
 13we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: (Prov. 1:11‑13)
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or, speech.
σ
to hide.

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Ministry on This Verse

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encourage.
Ex. 15:9• 9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them. (Ex. 15:9)
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Num. 22:6• 6And now come, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are mightier than I: perhaps I may be able to smite them, and drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. (Num. 22:6)
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Prov. 1:11‑14• 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
 12let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
 13we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
 14cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse: (Prov. 1:11‑14)
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Isa. 41:6• 6They helped every one his neighbour, and each said to his brother, Take courage. (Isa. 41:6)
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Rev. 11:10• 10And they that dwell upon the earth rejoice over them, and are full of delight, and shall send gifts one to another, because these, the two prophets, tormented them that dwell upon the earth. (Rev. 11:10)
matter.
or, speech.
commune.
1 Sam. 23:19‑23• 19And the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the waste?
 20And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and it will be for us to deliver him up into the king's hand.
 21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have compassion upon me.
 22Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his track is, who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtilly.
 23And see, and ascertain all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me with sure information, that I may go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout the thousands of Judah. (1 Sam. 23:19‑23)
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Matt. 23:15• 15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when he is become such, ye make him twofold more the son of hell than yourselves. (Matt. 23:15)
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Matt. 26:3‑4• 3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,
 4and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him; (Matt. 26:3‑4)
of laying snares.
Heb. to hide snares.
Psa. 124:7• 7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped. (Psa. 124:7)
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Psa. 140:5• 5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah. (Psa. 140:5)
Who.
Psa. 10:11• 11He saith in his heart, *God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it. (Psa. 10:11)
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Psa. 59:7• 7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear? (Psa. 59:7)
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Psa. 94:7• 7And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it. (Psa. 94:7)
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Ezek. 8:12• 12And he said unto me, Hast thou seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land. (Ezek. 8:12)
• The wicked recognize that faith ought to produce, and, as its own proper fruit, does produce, what is right and perfect, and expects it from him who walks by faith. But they show their hatred of that principle, and of those who cleave to the Lord by it, by searching out iniquity and inconsistency. This is a terrible proof of the wickedness of the world; and yet it is universal, not only found, yea, not so much found among the openly ungodly as in decent unbelievers. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 64-77” by J.N. Darby)
• The wicked encourage one another in evil. Not only do they shoot the secret arrow of slander, but they lay snares to entrap the godly. They speak with fair words, and affect pious motives in order to obtain their evil ends. (“Psalms 64” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?