Psalms 64:7
They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
In Context
8and God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap evils upon them, and will spend my arrows among them.
1 Kings 22:34And a certain man bent his bow, shooting at a venture, and chanced to strike the king of Israel between the lungs and the stomach. But he said to the driver of his chariot: Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the army, for I am grievously wounded.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me.
Psalms 18:14And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
Psalms 73:19How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.
Proverbs 29:1The man that with a stiff neck despiseth him that reproveth him, shall suddenly be destroyed: and health shall not follow him.
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 →