Psalms 64:6

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
out	יַֽחְפְּֽשׂוּ yach.pe.su-	H2664	to seek · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
iniquities	עוֹלֹ֗ת o.Lot	H5766	(moral) evil · noun, common feminine plural absolute
accomplish	תַּ֭מְנוּ Tam.nu	H8552	to complete · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common plural
diligent	מְחֻפָּ֑שׂ me.chu.Pas	H2664	to seek · verb, pual passive participle, masculine singular absolute
search	חֵ֣פֶשׂ Che.fes	H2665	something covert · noun, common masculine singular absolute
inward	וְקֶ֥רֶב ve.Ke.rev	H7130	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
one	אִ֝֗ישׁ 'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
heart	וְלֵ֣ב ve.Lev	H3820	the heart · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
deep	עָמֹֽק 'a.Mok	H6013	deep (literally or figuratively) · adjective, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 17:9-10 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Matthew 26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
Psalms 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with thei…
Isaiah 29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knowe…
Daniel 6:4-5 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault;…
1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make mani…
Psalms 35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Proverbs 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 64:1-6

David, in these verses, puts in before God a representation of his own danger and of his enemies' character, to enforce his petition that God would protect him and punish them. I. He earnestly begs of God to preserve him (Psa 64:1, Psa 64:2): Hear my voice, O God! in my prayer; that is, grant me the thing I pray for, and this is it, Lord, preserve my life from fear of the enemy, that is, fro the enemy that I am in fear of. He makes request for his life, which is, in a particular manner, dear to him, because he knows it is designed to be very serviceable to God and his generation. When his life is struck at it cannot be thought he should altogether hold his peace, Est 7:2, Est 7:4. And, if he…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 64:6

This is further evinced by their diligent efforts and deeply laid schemes.

John Gill on Psalms 64:6

They search out iniquities,.... The Targum adds, "to destroy the just.'' Either occasions against them, by charging them with sin and hiring false witnesses against them, as did the enemies both of David and Christ; they sought for proper time and opportunity of committing the iniquities they were bent upon, and even searched for new sins, being inventors of evil things, Romans 1:30; they accomplish a diligent search; diligently searched out the perfect man, and found him; and also false witnesses against him, and carried their point; which was especially true with respect to Christ; both the inward thought of everyone of them, and the heart, is deep; being full of cunning, craftiness an…

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John Calvin on Psalms 64:1-6

Psalm 64:1-6 1. Hear my voice, O God: in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2. Hide me from the counsel of the wicked; from the assembly of the workers of iniquity. 3. For they have whetted their tongue like a sword; they have directed [or aimed [439] ] for their arrow a bitter word, [or report.] 4. To shoot in secret at the perfect; suddenly will they shoot, and not fear. 5. They assure themselves in an evil work, they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6. They have searched out iniquities, they have accomplished a diligent search, [lit. a search searched out,] both the inward part of each of them, and the heart, is deep. 1. Hear my voice, O G…

The Church Fathers

"They have searched out iniquity, they have failed, searching searchings:" that is, deadly and acute designs. Let Him not be betrayed by us, but by His disciple: let Him not be killed by us, but by the judge: let us do all, and let us seem to have done nothing. ...But what befell them? "They failed searching searchings." Whence? Because he saith, "Who shall see them?" that is, that no one saw them. This they were saying, this among themselves they thought, that no one saw them. See what befalleth an evil soul: it departeth from the light of truth, and because itself seeth not God, it thinketh that itself is not seen by God. ...
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 64

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Dictionary and topics

Malice · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 64:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 64:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 64:6

John Gill on Psalms 64:6

John Calvin on Psalms 64:1-6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 64:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 64:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 64:6

John Gill on Psalms 64:6

John Calvin on Psalms 64:1-6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 64:5-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 64:6

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 64:6