Psalms 64:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי מִסּ֣וֹד מְרֵעִ֑ים מֵ֝רִגְשַׁ֗ת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

Transliteration

tastîrēnî from-sôd mərēʿîm from-rigšat pōʿălê ʾāwen

Grammar Details

*tastîrēnî*: imperfect verb, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular object suffix - you will hide me
*sôd*: masculine singular construct noun with prefixed preposition min (from) - council/assembly of
*mərēʿîm*: masculine plural participle functioning as noun - evildoers
*rigšat*: feminine singular construct noun with prefixed preposition min (from) - tumult/conspiracy of
*pōʿălê*: masculine plural construct noun - workers of
*ʾāwen*: masculine singular noun - iniquity/wickedness

Word Meanings

*sôd*: secret counsel/assembly/council/gathering
*mərēʿîm*: evildoers/those who do evil
*rigšat*: tumult/throng/conspiracy/noisy crowd
*ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 58:7 : 7 Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
Ps 11:2 : 2 For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Prov 30:14 : 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.
Isa 54:17 : 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 Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.
Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members {G3779} is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beasts and birds, {G5037} of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind. 8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 64:4-5
2 verses
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4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?
Ps 64:7-8
2 verses
81%
7But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
8So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
Ps 140:2-3
2 verses
81%
2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.
3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {H5542}
Jer 9:8
79%
8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.
Ps 11:2
79%
2For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
Ps 37:14-15
2 verses
78%
14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.
15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
Rom 3:13-15
3 verses
78%
13Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Ps 58:7
75%
7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
Ps 120:3-4
2 verses
75%
3What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?
4Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
Jer 9:3
75%
3And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
Ps 59:7
75%
7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?
Ps 52:2
75%
2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Ps 7:12-13
2 verses
74%
12If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts].
Ps 73:9
74%
9They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
Ps 59:12
74%
12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
Ps 21:11-12
2 verses
73%
11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
12For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.
Ps 64:2
73%
2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;
Lam 3:12-13
2 verses
73%
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Prov 26:18
73%
18As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,
Ps 55:21
72%
21His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
Prov 24:2
72%
2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.
Ps 62:3-4
2 verses
72%
3How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay [him], all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
4They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. {H5542}
Prov 25:18
71%
18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Deut 32:23
71%
23I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:
Ps 109:2
71%
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
Ps 5:9
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9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
Ps 10:7
71%
7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Ps 58:4
71%
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
Ps 140:9
71%
9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Ps 38:12
71%
12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
Ps 35:20
71%
20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
Ps 45:5
71%
5Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; [They are] in the heart of the king's enemies.
Ps 37:12
70%
12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Ps 83:3
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3Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.
Ps 41:7
70%
7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.
Prov 12:18
70%
18There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Ps 17:11
70%
11They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.
Isa 5:28
70%
28whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind:
Prov 1:18
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18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.