Psalms 64:3
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.
Young's Literal Translation
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
2Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
4To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
Cross References
Psalms 11:2For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
Psalms 58:7They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
Proverbs 12:18A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This [is] the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!
James 3:6and the tongue [is] a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the 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 →