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Psalm 64:2
Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
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,
4to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
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“Hide me” is a plea for shelter when harm has become a group effort, and the noise of those doing evil threatens to overwhelm one voice.
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Psalm 1:1Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;Both passages describe the wicked in company with others, with one seeking shelter from them and the other blessing separation from their ways.
Psalm 109:2–3for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.Both describe a speaker facing hostile people; Psalm 109 names deceit, while Psalm 64’s surrounding lines describe words aimed like weapons.
Psalm 31:20In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.Both speak of God hiding people from human plots, and both connect that danger with hostile speech.
Psalm 59:2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men.Both are direct pleas to God for protection from people doing evil.
Jeremiah 11:19But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plans against me, saying, “Let’s destroy the tree with its …Both describe people planning harm against a speaker, with Jeremiah spelling out a plot to take his life.
Isaiah 32:2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.Both use shelter language, though the psalm seeks protection from evildoers and Isaiah describes refuge through images of harsh weather.
Jeremiah 18:23Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, Let them be overthrown …Both address God about hostile plots; David asks to be hidden, while Jeremiah asks God to overthrow those planning his death.
Acts 25:3The conspiracy feared in the psalm shares the planned harm described in Acts, where people arrange an attack along a travel route.
2 Samuel 17:2–4I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,Both concern planned harm against a person, with Samuel describing an attack designed to exploit exhaustion and provoke fear.
Genesis 4:6The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?The link is limited: Genesis names Cain’s anger, while the psalm asks for shelter from people doing evil.
Acts 23:14–15They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.Both describe coordinated hostility, with Acts naming a group bound by an oath to kill Paul.
Matthew 26:3–4Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.Both mention a group, but the supplied Matthew verse records only its gathering, while the psalm names conspiracy and evil.
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Seeking shelter from harm has a place in prayer. David brings his complaint to God while the crowd remains noisy; his plea leaves the need for protection plain.
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