Psalms 64:3
Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 conspiracie of the wicked, and from the rage of the workers of iniquitie.
4To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not.
Cross References
Psalms 11:2For loe, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrowes vpon the string, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.
Psalms 58:7Let them melt like the waters, let them passe away: when hee shooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.
Isaiah 54:17But all the weapons that are made against thee, shall not prosper: and euery tongue that shall rise against thee in iudgement, thou shalt condemne. This is the heritage of the Lords seruants, and their righteousnesse is of me, sayth the Lord.
James 3:6And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of 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 →