Psalms 64:3
For like a sword they sharpen their tongues, Like arrows they aim their poisoned words,
Noyes Bible
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
2Hide me from the assembly of the wicked, From the brawling crowd of evil-doers!
4To shoot in secret at the upright; Suddenly do they shoot at him without fear.
Cross References
Psalms 11:2For, lo! the wicked bend their bow; They make ready their arrows on the string, To shoot in secret at the upright in heart.
Psalms 58:7May they melt like waters, which flow away; May their arrows, when they aim them, be as if cut in pieces!
Proverbs 12:18There is who babbleth like the piercing of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Isaiah 54:17Whatever weapon is formed against thee, it shall not prosper; And against every tongue that contendeth with thee, thou shalt obtain thy cause. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And the blessing which they receive from me, saith Jehovah.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity! The tongue among our members is that which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of life, and is itself set on fire by 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 →