Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 5. They commune of laying snares ] They lay snares to entrap those whom they cannot slay by open attack or private ambush.
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 יחזקו2388 למו דבר1697 רע7451 יספרו5608 לטמון2934 מוקשׁים4170 אמרו559 מי4310 יראה׃7200
