Psalms 64:7
\64:6\Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
In Context
8\64:7\But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:23I will send a rain of troubles on them, my arrows will be showered on them.
1 Kings 22:34And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
Psalms 18:14\18:13\The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.
Psalms 73:19How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.
Proverbs 29:1A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 64:2-7
Malice of David's Enemies. 1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? 6… Read the whole commentary →