A moment in scripture
Psalms 64:5
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They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
- Psalms 64:4
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
- Psalms 64:6
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
- Psalms 64:7
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.