Psalms 64:3
The words of transgressors have overpowered us; but do you pardon our sins. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
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
2Hear my prayer; to you all flesh shall come. 1
Cross References
Psalms 11:2Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbor: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart. 1
Psalms 58:7Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, say they, has heard? 1
Proverbs 12:18Some wound as they speak, like swords; but the tongues of the wise heal.
Isaiah 54:17I will not suffer any + 54:17 Gr. instrument. weapon formed against you to prosper; and every voice that shall rise up against you for judgment, you shall vanquish them all; and your adversaries shall be condemned thereby. There is an inheritance to them that serve the Lord, and you⌃ shall be righteous before me, says 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 →