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Psalms 64:3

Words and speech

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:

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?

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BSB
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
KJV
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
WEB
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
ASV
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
DARBY
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
BLB
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim a bitter word [as] their arrow,
ÅB
som hvesser sin tunge som et sverd, legger på buen sin pil, det bitre ord,
OTB
Som har skjerpet sine tunger som et sverd.
De rettet harde ord som sine piler,
B1930
som hvesser sin tunge som et sverd, legger på buen sin pil, det bitre ord,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 9:3

    And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

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  • Psalms 57:4

    My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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  • Psalms 58:7

    Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

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  • James 3:6–8

    And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue 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.

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  • Psalms 11:2

    For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

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  • Isaiah 54:17

    No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

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  • Proverbs 12:18

    There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

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  • Proverbs 30:14

    There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

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