King James Version
Psalms 64:4 in the King James Version says “That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 64 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.”
Psalms 64:4 · KJV
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? matter: or, speech of: Heb. to hide his snares
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. they: or, we are consumed by that which they have throughly searched a diligent: Heb. a search searched
KJV Study — Public Domain
“That they may shoot”
H3384properly, to flow as water (i.e., to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e., to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by
“That they may shoot”
H3384properly, to flow as water (i.e., to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e., to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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