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Psalms 64:3
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Oppressed by the Wicked but Rejoicing in the Lord

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1 Hear my voice, O God, in my1 meditation;
Preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 
2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity,
3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
aAnd bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words, 
4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
aThey say, “Who will see them?” 
6 They devise iniquities:
“We have perfected a shrewd scheme.”
Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.
7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly they shall be wounded.
8 So He will make them stumble over their own tongue;
aAll who see them shall flee away. 
Verse Comparison: Psalms 64:3

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

Amplified® Bible
Who whet their tongues like a sword, who aim venomous words like arrows,

Contemporary English Version
Their words cut like swords, and their cruel remarks sting like sharp arrows.

Darby English Version
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;

Good News Bible
They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like arrows.

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

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

New International Version
They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim their words like deadly arrows.

New King James Version
Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

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

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

New English Translation
They1 sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,2


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