Psalms 64:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.
  • Jer 18:23 : 23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. 4 And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
  • Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.
  • Ps 31:20 : 20 You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.
  • Acts 25:3 : 3 Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way.
  • Ps 59:2 : 2 Take me out of the power of the workers of evil, and keep me safe from the men of blood.
  • Ps 109:2-3 : 2 For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me. 3 Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.
  • Ps 143:9 : 9 O Lord, take me out of the hands of my haters; my soul is waiting for you.
  • Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
  • 1 Sam 23:22-23 : 22 Go now, and take more steps, and see where he is living: for they say that he is expert in deceit. 23 So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.
  • 2 Sam 17:2-4 : 2 And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only: 3 And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace. 4 And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.
  • Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,
  • Ps 3:1 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from Absalom his son.> Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.
  • Gen 4:6 : 6 And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad?
  • Luke 23:18-23 : 18 But with loud voices they said all together, Put this man to death, and make Barabbas free. 19 Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life. 20 And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire to let Jesus go free. 21 But crying out they said, To the cross with him! 22 And he said to them a third time, Why, what evil has he done? I see no reason for putting him to death: I will give him punishment and let him go. 23 But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way.
  • Acts 23:14-15 : 14 And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death 15 So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death.

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  • Ps 64:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

  • Ps 141:9-10
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    9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.

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  • Ps 140:4-5
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    4 O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.

    5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)

  • Ps 28:3
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    3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

  • Ps 59:1-3
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    1 <To the chief music-maker; put to At-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When Saul sent, and they were watching the house, to put him to death.> Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.

    2 Take me out of the power of the workers of evil, and keep me safe from the men of blood.

    3 For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

  • Ps 64:3-5
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    3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

    4 So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

    5 They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

  • Ps 94:16
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    16 Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?

  • Ps 17:9
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    9 From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

  • Ps 31:20
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    20 You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

  • Ps 83:3
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    3 They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.

  • Ps 143:9
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    9 O Lord, take me out of the hands of my haters; my soul is waiting for you.

  • Ps 56:6
    74%

    6 They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

  • Jer 18:22-23
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    74%

    22 Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.

    23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2 See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

  • Isa 29:15
    74%

    15 Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

  • Job 40:13
    73%

    13 His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.

  • Ps 140:1-2
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:

    2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

  • Ps 140:9
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    9 As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Ps 37:1
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    1 <Of David.> Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

  • Job 34:22
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    22 There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

  • Ps 71:10
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    10 For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

  • Ps 31:13
    72%

    13 False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

  • Ps 6:8
    72%

    8 Go from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has given ear to the voice of my weeping.

  • Ps 55:3
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    3 I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

  • Ps 64:7
    72%

    7 But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

  • Job 14:13
    71%

    13 If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

  • Ps 41:7
    71%

    7 All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

  • Ps 38:12
    71%

    12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

  • Ps 94:20
    71%

    20 What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

  • Ps 40:14
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    14 Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Ps 94:4
    71%

    4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.

  • Ps 17:13
    71%

    13 Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.

  • Job 13:24
    71%

    24 Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

  • Prov 1:11
    71%

    11 If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

  • Ps 86:14
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    14 O God, men of pride have come up against me, and the army of violent men would take my life; they have not put you before them.

  • Ezek 7:22
    71%

    22 And my face will be turned away from them, and they will make my secret place unholy: violent men will go into it and make it unholy.

  • Ps 71:4
    71%

    4 O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.

  • Ps 109:2
    71%

    2 For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

  • Ps 69:17
    71%

    17 Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.

  • Ps 141:4
    71%

    4 Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.