Psalms 64:3
who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and aimed bitter words like arrows,
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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 villains who secretly plot, from the blustering throng of the workers of evil,
4which from ambush they launch at the blameless, shooting swiftly and unafraid.
Cross References
Psalms 11:2“See! The wicked are bending the bow, their arrow is set on the string, to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Psalms 58:7May they melt away like running water! Like tender grass, cut down may they be!
James 3:6And the tongue is like a spark. It is a world of unrighteousness among the parts of our body. It contaminates the whole body; it sets the whole course of our existence on fire, and is itself set on fire by the flames of Gehenna.
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 →