Psalms 64:3
Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow—a bitter word;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
2Wilt thou hide me, From the conclave of evil-doers, From the crowd of workers of iniquity.
4To shoot, in secret places, at the blameless one, Suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not.
Cross References
Psalms 11:2For lo! the lawless, bend the bow They have fixed their arrow upon the string, To shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart:
Psalms 58:7Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like [grass] let them be cut down:
Proverbs 12:18There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing.
Isaiah 54:17No instrument formed against thee, shall prosper, And every tongue that riseth against thee in judgment, shalt thou prove to be lawless,—This is the inheritance of the servants of Yahweh. And, their righteousness, is from me, Declareth Yahweh.
James 3:6And, the tongue, is a fire,—[as], the world of unrighteousness, the tongue, becometh fixed among our members, that which defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the wheel of our natural life, and is set on fire, by 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 →