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Psalm 64:1

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
3who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
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Notice

“Hear my voice” begins a prayer in which David brings his complaint to God while the enemy remains a threat and fear remains present.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 5:1For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David. Give ear to my words, LORD. Consider my meditation.Both prayers begin with David asking God to attend to what he expresses, whether words, meditation, or complaint.
Psalm 55:1For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David. Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.Both prayers ask God to hear, with Psalm 55 adding a plea that God would not hide from the supplication.
Psalm 55:2Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moanComplaint belongs within both prayers, and each speaker asks for God's attention while distress is still present.
Psalm 143:1–3A Psalm by David. Hear my prayer, LORD. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.David asks God to hear in both passages, joining his request for attention to a plea for preservation or relief.
Lamentations 3:55–56I called on your name, LORD, out of the lowest dungeon.Both speakers address God from distress: David names fear of the enemy, while Lamentations names the lowest dungeon.
Acts 27:24saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’David asks God to preserve his life; Paul is told not to fear and that God has granted him his fellow sailors.
Acts 18:9–10The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;Fear and speech appear in both passages: David asks God to hear, while the Lord tells Paul to speak.
Where this verse fits

Anxiety or panic. injustice and anger. fear for the future.

What the Bible says about anxiety →What the Bible says about anger →What the Bible says about fear →
One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Speak one complaint to God and ask for protection

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Encouragement

You do not have to sound calm to pray this prayer. David speaks from within danger, bringing his complaint and his plea for life to God.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).