Psalms 64:8
The nations shall be troubled, and they that inhabit the ends of the earth shall be afraid of your signs; you will cause the outgoings of morning and evening to rejoice. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
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 trouble the depth of the sea, the sounds of its waves. 1
Cross References
Numbers 16:34And all Israel round about them fled from the sound of them, for + 16:34 Gr. saying. they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
Job 15:6Let your own mouth, and not me, reprove you: and your lips shall testify against you.
Psalms 52:6Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Sion? When the Lord turns the captivity of his people, Jacob shall exult, and Israel shall be glad.
Psalms 140:9Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity. 1
Proverbs 12:13For the sin of his lips a sinner falls into snare; but a righteous man escapes from them. He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied, but he that contends in the gates will afflict souls.
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 →