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Psalm 64

Psa. 64:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hide
cathar (Hebrew #5641)
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
me from the secret counsel
cowd (Hebrew #5475)
a session, i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secret
KJV usage: assembly, consel, inward, secret (counsel).
Pronounce: sode
Origin: from 3245
o of the wicked
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
; from the insurrection
regesh (Hebrew #7285)
from 7283; a tumultuous crowd
KJV usage: company, insurrection.
Pronounce: reh'-ghesh
Origin: or (feminine) rigshah {rig-shaw'}
of the workers
pa`al (Hebrew #6466)
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
KJV usage: commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
Pronounce: paw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
of iniquity
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
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Gen. 49:6• 6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. (Gen. 49:6)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Hide.
Psa. 27:5• 5For 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. (Psa. 27:5)
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Psa. 31:20• 20Thou 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. (Psa. 31:20)
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Psa. 143:9• 9Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. (Psa. 143:9)
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Isa. 32:2• 2And 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. (Isa. 32:2)
secret.
Psa. 56:6• 6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. (Psa. 56:6)
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Psa. 109:2‑3• 2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
 3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. (Psa. 109:2‑3)
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Gen. 4:6• 6And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? (Gen. 4:6)
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1 Sam. 23:22‑23• 22Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
 23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. (1 Sam. 23:22‑23)
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2 Sam. 17:2‑4• 2And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
 3And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
 4And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. (2 Sam. 17:2‑4)
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Jer. 11:19• 19But 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. (Jer. 11:19)
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Jer. 18:23• 23Yet, 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. (Jer. 18:23)
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Matt. 26:3‑4• 3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
 4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. (Matt. 26:3‑4)
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Acts 23:14‑15• 14And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
 15Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. (Acts 23:14‑15)
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Acts 25:3• 3And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. (Acts 25:3)
insurrection.
Psa. 2:2• 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, (Psa. 2:2)
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Psa. 3:1• 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. (Psa. 3:1)
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Luke 23:18‑23• 18And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
 19(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
 20Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
 21But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
 22And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
 23And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. (Luke 23:18‑23)
• The wicked, who hate righteousness, seeking to charge evil on the upright. This shows the universality and power of conscience. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 64-77” by J.N. Darby)
• The psalmist spreads out before God the evil devices of the enemy, realizing that the wicked are taking secret counsel against him. (“Psalm 64” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou wilt hide me from the secret of evil-doers,{HR}From the tumult of workers of iniquity,