Psalms 64:8
וַיֹּרֵם אֱלֹהִים חֵץ פִּתְאוֹם הָיוּ מַכּוֹתָֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
7יַֽחְפְּֽשׂוּ ־ עוֹלֹת תַּמְנוּ חֵפֶשׂ מְחֻפָּשׂ וְקֶרֶב אִישׁ וְלֵב עָמֹֽק ׃
9וַיַּכְשִׁילוּהוּ עָלֵימוֹ לְשׁוֹנָם יִתְנֹדֲדוּ כָּל ־ רֹאֵה בָֽם ׃
Cross References
Numbers 16:34וְכָל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם נָסוּ לְקֹלָם כִּי אָֽמְרוּ פֶּן ־ תִּבְלָעֵנוּ הָאָֽרֶץ ׃
Job 15:6יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא ־ אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ ־ בָֽךְ ׃
Psalms 22:7וְאָנֹכִי תוֹלַעַת וְלֹא ־ אִישׁ חֶרְפַּת אָדָם וּבְזוּי עָֽם ׃
Psalms 52:6אָהַבְתָּ כָֽל ־ דִּבְרֵי ־ בָלַע לְשׁוֹן מִרְמָֽה ׃
Psalms 140:9אַל ־ תִּתֵּן יְהוָה מַאֲוַיֵּי רָשָׁע זְמָמוֹ אַל ־ תָּפֵק יָרוּמוּ סֶֽלָה ׃
Proverbs 12:13בְּפֶשַׁע שְׂפָתַיִם מוֹקֵשׁ רָע וַיֵּצֵא מִצָּרָה צַדִּֽיק ׃
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 →