Psa 64:4 | JFB | STEP | 3-4. Similar figures for slander ( ; ). bend-- literally, "tread," or, "prepared." The allusion is to the mode of bending a bow by treading on it; here, and in , transferred to arrows.

‏ Psalms 64:4

3-4. Similar figures for slander (Psa 57:4; 59:7).

bend--literally, "tread," or, "prepared." The allusion is to the mode of bending a bow by treading on it; here, and in Psa 58:7, transferred to arrows.