Psalms 64:3
Hear my prayer: all flesh will come to you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
In Context
2O God, a hymn adorns you in Zion, and a vow will be repaid to you in Jerusalem.
4Words of iniquity have prevailed over us. And you will pardon our impieties.
Cross References
Psalms 11:2Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men.
Psalms 58:7They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city.
Proverbs 12:18He who makes promises is also jabbed, as if with a sword, in conscience. But the tongue of the wise is reasonable.
Isaiah 54:17No object which has been formed to use against you will succeed. And every tongue that resists you in judgment, you shall judge. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and this is their justice with me, says the Lord.
James 3:6And so the tongue is like a fire, comprising all iniquity. The tongue, stationed in the midst of our body, can defile the entire body and inflame the wheel of our nativity, setting a fire from Hell.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 64:2-7
Malice of David's Enemies. 1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6… Read the whole commentary →