Psalms 64:3
Hear my prayer; 1 To thee all flesh shall come. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
2Praise becomes thee, O God, in Zion; 1 And to thee shall the vow be performed. 1
4The words of transgressors have overpowered us; 1 But do thou pardon our sins. 1
Cross References
Psalms 11:2Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; 1 For truth is diminished from among the children of men. 1
Psalms 58:7They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city. 1
Proverbs 12:18Some wound as they speak, like swords; 1 But the tongues of the wise heal. 1
Isaiah 54:17I will not suffer any weapon formed against thee to prosper; and every voice that shall rise up against thee for judgment, thou shalt vanquish them all; and thine adversaries shall be condemned thereby. There is an inheritance to them that serve the Lord, and ye shall be righteous before 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 →