Psalms 64:7
But God will shoot an arrow at them; Suddenly shall they be wounded.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
In Context
8Thus their own tongues shall bring them down; All who see them will flee away.
Cross References
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; Their poison drinketh up my spirit; The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Psalms 18:14He sent forth his arrows, and scattered them; Continual lightnings, and discomfited them.
Psalms 73:19How are they brought to desolation in a moment, And utterly consumed with sudden destruction!
Proverbs 29:1He who, 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 →