Mazmur 64:3

64:3 They ¹  sharpen their tongues like a sword;

they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge, ² 

Mazmur 94:4

94:4 They spew out threats ³  and speak defiantly;

all the evildoers boast. ⁴ 

Mazmur 144:6

144:6 Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them!

Shoot your arrows and rout them! ⁵ 

[64:3]  ¹ tn Heb “who.” A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[64:3]  ² tn Heb “a bitter word.”

[94:4]  ³ tn Heb “they gush forth [words].”

[94:4]  ⁴ tn The Hitpael of אָמַר (’amar) occurs only here (and perhaps in Isa 61:6).

[144:6]  ⁵ sn Arrows and lightning bolts are associated in other texts (see Pss 18:14; 77:17-18; Zech 9:14), as well as in ancient Near Eastern art (see R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” [Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983], 187).