Psalms 7:13

He prepares to use weapons against him; 1 he makes his arrows flaming shafts. 1

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

In Context

12If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword 1 and will prepare his bow for battle. 1

14Think about the one who is pregnant with wickedness, 1 who conceives destructive plans, who gives birth to harmful lies. 1

Read all of Psalms 7

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters on them; 1 I will shoot all my arrows at them; 1

Deuteronomy 32:42I will make my arrows drunk with blood, 1 and my sword will devour flesh 1 with the blood of the killed and the captives, 1 and from the heads of the leaders of the enemy.'” 1

Psalms 11:2For see! The wicked prepare their bows. 1 They make ready their arrows on the strings 1 to shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart. 1

Psalms 45:5Your arrows are sharp; 1 the peoples fall under you; 1 your arrows are in the hearts of the king's enemies. 1

Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them; 1 suddenly they will be wounded with his arrows. 1

Lamentations 2:4Like an enemy he has bent his bow toward us, 1 with his right is ready to shoot. 1 He has slaughtered all who had been so pleasing to him in the tent of the daughter of Zion; 1 he has poured out his wrath like fire. 1

Matthew Henry on Psalms 7:11-17

The Persecutor's Doom. 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Psalms 7:13