What does Psalm 64:2 mean?

This psalm is not connected to any specific event in David's life. At many times, David was threatened by those who wanted to see him fall; many enemies resorted to conspiracy plots and false accusations (Psalm 27:12; 59:5; 1 Samuel 23:9). Perhaps his experiences in Saul's court inspired these words about "secret plots" and a "throng" of those who wished to do him harm (1 Samuel 19:11).

The wording of this verse suggests many people. Any king can expect that some of their subjects will be unhappy. Some of those may engage in schemes to harm the king, or at least to damage his reputation. In Psalm 31:13 David writes: "I hear the whispering of many—terror on every side!—as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life." Believers, too, face a ruthless foe. It is Satan who wields a fallen world . Jesus predicted that the world would persecute believers. He said, "In the world you will have you will have tribulation," but He added, "But take heart, I have overcome the world" (John 16:33).