Psalms 64:7

But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

1 Kings 22:34However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Psalms 18:14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

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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