Psalms 64:8
Who troublest the depth of the sea, 1 The sounds of its waves. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
In Context
7Who dost establish the mountains in thy strength, 1 Being girded about with power; 1
Cross References
Numbers 16:34And all Israel round about them fled from the sound of them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
Job 15:6Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: 1 And thy lips shall testify against thee. 1
Psalms 52:6For God has scattered the bones of the men pleasers; 1 They were ashamed, for God despised them. 1
Psalms 140:9Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, 1 And from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity. 1
Proverbs 12:13a He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied, 1 But he that contends in the gates will afflict souls. 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 64:8-10
God's Judgments on Persecutors. 7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. 9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. 10 The righteous shall be glad in the Lord , and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. We may observe here, I. The judgments of God which should certainly come upon these malicious… Read the whole commentary →