Psalms 64:4

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect,.... Meaning himself, who though not without sin, and far from perfection in himself, in the sight of God and with respect to his righteous law, which was…

That they may shoot in secret - From an unobserved quarter; from a place where they are so concealed that it cannot be known where the arrows come from. There was a purpose to ruin him, and at the…

David, in these verses, puts in before God a representation of his own danger and of his enemies' character, to enforce his petition that God would protect him and punish them.

I. He earnestly begs of…

Thatthey may shoot Cp. Psa 11:2.

in secret R.V., in secret places, as Psa 10:8; Psa 17:12.

the perfect The upright, blameless man, an epithet often applied to Job (Job 1:1, &c.). Cp. Psa 37:37; Pro…