They encourage themselves in evil plans.
They talk about laying snares secretly.
They say, “Who will see them?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 64:5 in context
Psalms 64:2–8
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Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,
from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
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who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
and aim their arrows, deadly words,
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to shoot innocent men from ambushes.
They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
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Selected verse
They encourage themselves in evil plans.
They talk about laying snares secretly.
They say, “Who will see them?”
6
They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!”
Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning.
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But God will shoot at them.
They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.
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Their own tongues shall ruin them.
All who see them will shake their heads.
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