PSAL. LXIV.
David praieth for deliverance, complaining of his enemies. 8▪ He prophesieth their destruction, where∣at all man shall feare.
To the Master of the Musicke, a Psalme [unspec 1] of David.
HEare my voyce, O God, in my prai∣er; [unspec 2] preserve my life from dread of the enemy. Hide me from the secret [unspec 3] of evill doers, from the tumultuous rage of them that worke painfull iniquity. Which [unspec 4] have whetted their tongue as a sword, have bent their arrow, even a bitter word. To [unspec 5] shoot in secret places at the perfect; suddenly will they shoot at him, and feare not. They [unspec 6] confirme to themselves an evill word; they tell to hide snares: they say, who shall see them? They search out injurious evils, they [unspec 7] accomplish an exquisite search, even the in∣most of each man, & the deep heart. But God [unspec 8] hath shot at them an arrow, suddenly their strokes have beene. And when they have [unspec 9] caused them every one to fall upon them∣selves by their owne tongue, they shall betake themselves to flight, whosoever seeth them.
And all men shall feare, and declare the [unspec 10] worke of God, and prudently consider his deed. The just man shall rejoyce in Iehovah, [unspec 11] and hope for safety in him, and glory shall all the upright of heart.
PRayer] or meditation: see Psa. 55. 3. the Greek [unspec 2] saith, when I pray unto thee.
Vers. 3. the secret] or secrecy, mysterie, that is, [unspec 3] councell, or assembly of evill doers, that is, the malignant Church, as the holy Church is called the secrecie (or mysterie) of the righteous, Psal. 111. 1.
Vers. 4. bent their arrow] that is, laid their ar∣row [unspec 4] ready on their bended bow. The like phrase was in Psal. 58. 8. See also Psal. 11. 2. bitter word] or bitter thing, as the Greeke explaineth it. So after in vers. 6. an evill word, or thing. See the notes on Psal. 7. 1. A bitter word is here cal∣led an arrow; and in Ier. 9. 3. their tongue is called their bow.