If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

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