Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 4. That they may shoot in secret ] They lurk, that they may take their aim the more surely, and not miss their mark.
Suddenly ] When there is no fear apprehended, because none is seen.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-6 - The psalmist earnestly begs of God to preserve him from disquietin 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 spea peaceably either of him or to him. There is no guard against a fals tongue. It is bad to do wrong, but worse to encourage ourselves and on another in it. It is a sign that the heart is hardened to the greates 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.
Original Hebrew לירות3384 במסתרים4565 תם8535 פתאם6597 ירהו3384 ולא3808 ייראו׃3372
