6 They plot injustice and say, "We have devised a perfect plan!" Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.
6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
6 They search out injustice, saying, "We have accomplished a diligent search." For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep!
6 no one can detect our perfect crime." The Detective detects the mystery in the dark of the cellar heart.
6 They devise iniquities: "We have perfected a shrewd scheme." Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.
6 As they plot their crimes, they say, "We have devised the perfect plan!" Yes, the human heart and mind are cunning.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 64:6
Commentary on Psalm 64:1-6
(Read Psalm 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.