Psalms 64:7
(64:8) But God shooteth at them suddenly [his] arrow;—[thence] are come their wounds.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap upon them miseries; all my arrows will I spend upon them.
1 Kings 22:34But a man drew his bow at a venture, and struck the king of Israel between the joints and the armor; wherefore he said unto his chariot-driver. Turn about, and carry me out of the camp; for I am wounded.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh it: the terrors of God 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 brought into desolation, as in a moment! they perish, they come to their end with terrific events.
Proverbs 29:1A man that, having received many admonitions, still hardeneth his neck, will suddenly be broken, and this 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 →