Psalms 64:4
For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
In Context
5to shoot in secret the undefiled.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:10And Saul endeavoured to nail David to the wall with his spear. And David slipt away out of the presence of Saul: and the spear missed him, and was fastened in the wall, and David fled and escaped that night.
Nehemiah 4:11And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
Psalms 11:2Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.
Psalms 55:22he hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
Psalms 59:3Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
Habakkuk 3:14Thou hast cursed his sceptres, the head of his warriors, them that came out as a whirlwind to scatter me. Their joy was like that of him that devoureth the poor man in secret.
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 →