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Psalms 64:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 64:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 64:36 words
HebrewMeaning
תַּ֭סְתִּירֵ/נִיtasətiyrēniy
you will hide meverbH5641
keep close · conceal · hide · secret ···
מִ/סּ֣וֹדmiswōd
from the secret counsel ofpronH5475
consel · inward · secret
מְרֵעִ֑יםmərēʿiym
evil-doersverbH7489
associate selves (by mistake for
מֵ֝/רִגְשַׁ֗תmērigəšat
from the unrest ofpronH7285
insurrection
פֹּ֣עֲלֵיpōʿălēy
those who doverbH6466
do · make · ordain · work
אָֽוֶןʾāwen
wickednessnounH205
evil · false · idol · iniquity ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 64:3

1. Though chiefly the Lord's Passion is noticed in this Psalm, neither could the Martyrs have been strong, unless they had beheld Him, that first suffered; nor such things would they have endured in suffering, as He did, unless they had hoped for such things in the Resurrection as He had showed of Himself: but your Holiness knows that our Head is our Lord Jesus Christ, and that all that cleave unto Him are the members of Him the Head ....And let no one say, that now-a-days in…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 64 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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