Psalms 64:7
(64-8) But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
In Context
8(64-9) So they make their own tongue a stumbling unto themselves; all that see them shake the head.
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 lower armour and the breastplate; 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 18:14(18-15) And He sent out His arrows, and scattered them; and He shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.
Psalms 73:19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.
Proverbs 29:1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be broken, 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 →