Psalms 64:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.”
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“ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.”
King James Version · Public Domain“That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 64:4 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 18:11and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
- 1 Samuel 19:10Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.
- 2 Samuel 15:14And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
- Nehemiah 4:11And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
- Psalms 10:8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
- Psalms 11:2For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
- Psalms 55:19God will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
- Psalms 55:22Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
- Psalms 57:5Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
- Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
- Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
- Habakkuk 3:14With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.
- John 19:6As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
- 1 Peter 2:22“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
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