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Psalm 64:6
They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning.
4to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
5They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”
6They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning.
7But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.
8Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
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The boast of a “perfect plan” exposes the unsettling gap between human skill and justice: people can take pride in devising harm.
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Proverbs 20:5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.Both concern what lies within the human heart; Proverbs describes understanding that can draw its counsel out.
Psalm 27:11Teach me your way, LORD. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.Enemies shape both psalms: Psalm 64 describes their schemes, while Psalm 27 asks the LORD for a straight path.
Jeremiah 17:9–10The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?Both describe the human heart’s capacity for wrongdoing, with Psalm 64 showing cunning expressed in plans for injustice.
Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death,Both describe people working together toward injustice; Matthew names the search for false testimony to bring about Jesus’ death.
Psalm 92:5How great are your works, LORD! Your thoughts are very deep.Both speak of thought, though Psalm 64 names human cunning and Psalm 92 praises the depth of God’s thoughts.
Psalm 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.Both connect destructive intent in the heart with speech: boasts about injustice in Psalm 64, falsehood and flattery in Psalm 5.
Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from the LORD, and whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”Both passages describe concealed plans, and both surrounding accounts include people questioning whether anyone sees what they do.
Psalm 49:11Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.Both portray human confidence in lasting success: an assured plan in Psalm 64 and houses expected to endure in Psalm 49.
1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the …Both concern the counsels of human hearts; Psalm 64’s surrounding lines describe God’s judgment, while Paul says the Lord will reveal hidden things.
Daniel 6:4–5Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because …Both describe coordinated efforts against another person; Daniel’s opponents search for grounds against him and find no fault.
John 18:29–30Pilate therefore went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”The link is limited: Psalm 64 describes plotted injustice, while John records Pilate asking for an accusation.
1 Samuel 25:10Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.Both record hostile speech, though Nabal’s dismissive answer does not describe a secret plot like the one in Psalm 64.
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The plotters’ pride does not settle the outcome. In the surrounding lines, God strikes them down, and their own tongues ruin them; their cunning cannot secure victory against him.
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