Psalms 64:8
When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
7Once let God have shot at them an arrow, Suddenly have appeared their own wounds!
9Therefore have all men feared,—And have told the doing of God, And, his work, have considered.
Cross References
Numbers 16:34And, all Israel who were round about them, fled at their cry,—for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
Job 15:6Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee.
Psalms 22:7All that see me, laugh at me,—They open wide the mouth, They shake the head:—
Psalms 52:6The righteous shall both see and fear, And, over him, shall laugh:
Psalms 140:9As for the head of them who surround me, Let the mischief of their lips cover them:
Proverbs 12:13By the transgression of the lips, is the wicked man, ensnared, but the righteous, cometh out of distress.
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 →