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Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Psalms 64:2 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
  • BSB Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of 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 the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
  • Ps 143:9Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
  • Ps 31:20Thou 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.
  • Ps 27:5For 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.
  • Jer 11:19But 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.
  • Ps 109:2–3For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
  • Isa 32:2And 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.
  • Jer 18:23Yet, 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.
  • Ps 3:1Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
  • Ps 56:6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
  • Ps 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
  • Acts 25:3And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
  • Matt 26:3–4Then 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,
  • 2 Sam 17:2–4And 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:
  • Acts 23:14–15And 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.
  • Gen 4:6And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
  • 1 Sam 23:22–23Go, 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.
  • Luke 23:18–23And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 64:2 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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