Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
Parallel translations
- WEB Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
- KJV Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
- NKJV Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity,
- NASB Hide me from the secret discussion of evildoers, From the restlessness of the workers of injustice,
- NLT Hide me from the plots of this evil mob, from this gang of wrongdoers.
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Quick answer
David prays to be hidden from the secret schemes and the clamor of evildoers. It reminds us that God can shelter His people from hidden conspiracies.
Overview
David asks for protection not only from open attack but from secret conspiracy and the agitated mob of the wicked. He recognizes evil that works covertly and trusts God to be his hiding place. This anticipates the safety found in Christ, in whom our life is hidden with God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Ps 59:2Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
- Ps 143:9Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
- Ps 31:20You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
- Ps 27:5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
- Jer 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
- Ps 109:2–3For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
- Isa 32:2Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
- Jer 18:23But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.
- Ps 3:1A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
- Ps 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
- Ps 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
- Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
- Matt 26:3–4At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
- 2 Sam 17:2–4I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
- Acts 23:14–15They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
- Gen 4:6“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?
- 1 Sam 23:22–23Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
- Luke 23:18–23But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
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