Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] (d) bitter words:
(d) False reports and slanders.
Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] (d) bitter words:
(d) False reports and slanders.
Verse Psalms 64:3. _WHO WHET THEIR TONGUE LIKE A SWORD_] They _devise_ the evil they shall speak, and meditate on the most provoking, injurious, and _defamatory words_; as the soldier _whets_ his swor...
WHO WHET THEIR TONGUE LIKE A SWORD - Who sharpen their tongue; that is, they utter words that will cut deep, or penetrate the soul. The idea is that of slander or reproach - the same idea which we hav...
Psalms 64 The Wicked and their End _ 1. The power of the wicked displaced (Psalms 64:1)_ 2. Their sudden end (Psalms 64:7) This Psalm stands in contrast with the preceding ones. The outward circum...
LXIV. PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AGAINST TREACHEROUS FOES. Psalms 64:6. The text needs correction. We may read, They plan evil deeds: they have hidden a well-devised plot, for the inner man is incurab...
Prayer for preservation from malicious enemies, who are plotting against the Psalmist with subtle treachery and resolute determination....
_Who whet_ R.V., who have whet. For the comparison see Psalms 55:21; Psalms 57:4; Psalms 59:7. _and bend_&c. Render, They have aimed as their arrow a bitter scheme. For the peculiar phrase see...
BEND THEIR BOWS, &C.— _Direct their arrows,_ &c....
PSALMS 64 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Prayer against the Evil Tongues of Conspirators, who are Destroyed by Their Own Weapon. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 64:1-4 a, Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies, whose...
_WHO WHET THEIR TONGUE LIKE A SWORD, AND BEND THEIR BOWS TO SHOOT THEIR ARROWS, EVEN BITTER WORDS:_ Who whet their tongue like a sword - (Psalms 57:4; Psalms 59:7.) Not mere common slanders; but thos...
This is a Ps. on a familiar theme. The Psalmist's life is in danger. He describes the injurious words and malicious plans of his enemies, and foretells how their overthrow will be a warning to all who...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
For the figure in this and the following verse, see Psalms 10:7; Psalms 11:2; Psalms 52:2; Psalms 57:4;...
_[Psalms 64:4]_ אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁנְנ֣וּ כַ † חֶ֣רֶב...
Psalms 64:1 FAMILIAR notes are struck in this psalm, which has no very distinctive features. Complaint of secret slanderers, the comparison of their words to arrows and swords, their concealed snares,...
DELIVERANCE FROM POWERFUL FOES Psalms 64:1 Another of the psalms dating from Saul's persecution. There are two stanzas. PRAYER FOR PRESERVATION, PSALMS 64:1 Insult, sarcasm, and slander still fall...
This is the cry of distress, and yet not of despair. The singer is beset by wily enemies who plan and plot against him with malicious and persistent determination. In great detail he describes their m...
_O. Hebrew, "hearer of prayer," (Calmet) or "graciously hear my prayer, till all," &c. (St. Jerome) (Houbigant) --- Too thee. At the last judgment, or (Calmet) at the vocation of the Gentiles. (Berthi...
That the Lord Jesus is here alluded to by the Holy Ghost, is evident, for none but Jesus could ever come under the appellation of the perfect. The Reader will not want testimonies in how many instance...
3_For they have whetted their tongue like a sword _His enemies, in their rage, aimed at nothing less than his life, and yet what he complains of, more than all beside, is the poison with which their w...
Psalms 64 chiefly speaks of the unceasing crafty hatred of the enemy and cries to God: God will shoot at them suddenly. The result of this judgment will be that all shall fear and declare the work of...
WHO WHET THEIR TONGUE LIKE A SWORD,.... Use cutting, wounding, killing, and devouring words; on which they set an edge, and make them keener and keener to hurt and ruin the characters and reputations...
Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words: Ver. 3. _Who whet their tongue like a sword_] The tongue in its form resembleth a flaming sword...
_Preserve my life from fear_ That is, from danger: the act or passion of fear being often put for its object, danger, as Psalms 14:5; 1 Peter 3:14, and frequently elsewhere. _Hide me from the secret c...
who whet their tongue like a sword, to cut the reputation of the believers to pieces, AND BEND THEIR BOWS TO SHOOT THEIR ARROWS, EVEN BITTER WORDS, for these are like arrows wounding to death,...
INVOCATION OF GOD AGAINST THE DECEIT OF MEN. To the chief musician, a psalm of David, composed at one of the periods of his life when he was annoyed above the ordinary by the trickery of men who prof...
1-6 The psalmist earnestly begs of God to preserve him from disquieting fear. The tongue is a little member, but it boasts great things. The upright man is the mark at which the wicked aim, they cann...
BEND THEIR BOWS TO SHOOT THEIR ARROWS; of which phrase SEE POOLE ON "PSALMS 58:7". _Bitter words_; slanderous and pernicious speeches against me....
Psalms 64:3 sharpen H8150 (H8804) tongue H3956 sword H2719 bend H1869 (H8804) bitter H4751 words H1697...
HEADING. ‘For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.' Once again the Psalm is dedicated to the Chief Musician, but we are told nothing about it except that it is a Psalm of David. The Psalm can be d...
CONTENTS: David prays for deliverance from the malicious designs of enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God will turn the tables on the adversaries of His people and defeat them at their ow...
REFLECTIONS. This psalm describes at large the plots and insinuations of David's enemies for his destruction. They took secret counsel against him, and he cried and prayed, on the contrary, that God w...
_Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy._ MAN’S ENMITY TOWARDS MAN We see this enmity here in three aspects. I. Piously dreaded. David prays against it. He pray...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 64:1. This individual lament shares with Psalms 63:1 a confidence in God’s victory over those who bring troubles on the righteous. The psalm h
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_. “_To the chief Musician:_” see Introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Psalm of David_,” The structure and character of the psalm confirm the title as to its Davidic authorship....
EXPOSITION AT a time of great danger from domestic enemies, who threaten insurrection (Psalms 64:2), the psalmist first complains to God, and entreats his aid (Psalms 64:1); after which he boldly deno...
Psa 64:1-10, another psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from the fear of the enemy (Psalms 64:1). You know, fear is a horrible thing. And fear can actually get hold...
Isaiah 54:17; James 3:6; Jeremiah 9:3; Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 30:14