Psalm 64:3
Strong's Lexicon
who
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if

sharpen
שָׁנְנ֣וּ (šā·nə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8150: 1) to sharpen, whet 1a) (Qal) to whet, sharpen 1b) (Piel) to sharpen, teach (incisively) 1c)(Hithpolel) to be pierced

their tongues
לְשׁוֹנָ֑ם (lə·šō·w·nām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3956: 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

like swords
כַחֶ֣רֶב (ḵa·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: 1) sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone

and aim
דָּרְכ֥וּ (dā·rə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1869: 1) to tread, bend, lead, march 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tread, march, march forth 1a2) to tread on, tread upon 1a3) to tread (a press) 1a4) to tread (bend) a bow 1a5) archer, bow-benders (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to tread, tread down 1b2) to tread (bend with the foot) a bow 1b3) to cause to go, lead, march, tread

their bitter
מָֽר׃ (mār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4751: adj 1) bitter, bitterness 1a) of water or food 1b) of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.) 1c) of pain (subst) adv 2) bitterly

words
דָּבָ֥ר (dā·ḇār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

like arrows,
חִ֝צָּ֗ם (ḥiṣ·ṣām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2671: 1) arrow

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Young's Literal Translation
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow—a bitter word.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows,

New American Standard Bible
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech [as] their arrow,

King James Bible
Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.

New Living Translation
They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows.

English Standard Version
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,

New American Standard Bible
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

King James Bible
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows,

International Standard Version
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,

NET Bible
They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

American Standard Version
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

English Revised Version
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words:

Young's Literal Translation
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
















Cross References
Psalm 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.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

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.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 64:2
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

Psalm 64:1
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Psalm 63:11
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Psalm 64:4
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

Psalm 64:5
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
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