Psalms 64:3
(64:4) Who whet their tongue like a sword, who aim with their arrow, the bitter word:
Leeser Tanakh
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
4(64:5) To shoot in secret at the innocent; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Cross References
Psalms 11:2For lo, the wicked bend their bow, they arrange their arrow upon the string, to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart.
Psalms 58:7(58:8) Let them melt away as water [which] runneth off: when each one bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as if cut in pieces.
Proverbs 12:18There is some one that useth words [which are] like the thrusts of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is healing.
Isaiah 54:17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that will rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their due reward from me, saith the Lord.
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 →