Psalm 64:2
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New International Version (©2011)
Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the plots of evildoers.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Hide me from the plots of this evil mob, from this gang of wrongdoers.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of those who do iniquity,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Hide me from the scheming of wicked people, from the mob of evildoers,

International Standard Version (©2012)
Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the mob of those who practice evil,

NET Bible (©2006)
Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
Hide me from the evil of the evil one, and from the way of life of evildoers.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Hide me from the secret plots of criminals, from the mob of troublemakers.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

American King James Version
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

American Standard Version
Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou hast protected me from the assembly of the malignant; from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

Darby Bible Translation
Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

English Revised Version
Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity:

Webster's Bible Translation
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

World English Bible
Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

Young's Literal Translation
Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

64:1-6 The psalmist earnestly begs of God to preserve him from disquieting fear. The tongue is a little member, but it boasts great things. The upright man is the mark at which the wicked aim, they cannot speak peaceably either of him or to him. There is no guard against a false tongue. It is bad to do wrong, but worse to encourage ourselves and one another in it. It is a sign that the heart is hardened to the greatest degree, when it is thus fully set to do evil. A practical disbelief of God's knowledge of all things, is at the bottom of every wickedness. The benefit of a good cause and a good conscience, appears most when nothing can help a man against his enemies, save God alone, who is always a present help.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 2. - Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity. The first danger is from secret plots, which David knows to be going on against his authority (2 Samuel 15:1-12). The second, and greater danger, will be from open insurrection (2 Samuel 17:1-14).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked,.... The word used denotes both the place where wicked men meet together for consultation; see Genesis 49:6; and the counsel itself they there take; from the bad effects of which the psalmist desired to be hid and preserved. So Saul and his courtiers secretly took counsel against David, and the Jews against Christ, and that very privily and secretly; see Matthew 26:3;

from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity; their noise, rage, and tumult; see Psalm 2:1. The former phrase denotes their secret machinations and designs, and this their open violence; and the persons that entered into such measures are no other than evildoers and workers of iniquity; though they might be under a profession of religion, as David's enemies, and the Jews, who were Christ's enemies, were, Matthew 7:22; and who are further described in the next verses.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

2. insurrection—literally, "uproar," noisy assaults, as well as their secret counsels.

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Hear My Voice in My Complaint
1Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: …

Genesis 49:6 Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.
Psalm 56:6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life.
Psalm 59:2 Deliver me from evildoers and save me from those who are after my blood.
Psalm 83:3 With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.
Daniel 6:7 The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions' den.
Habakkuk 3:14 With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding.