Psalms 64:7

But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

In Context

6They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

8So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:

1 Kings 22:34And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.

Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

Psalms 18:14And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.

Psalms 73:19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

Proverbs 29:1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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 →

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