Psalms 7:13
But, for himself, hath he made ready the weapons so deadly, His arrows, he, so fiery, would make:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
12If he turn not, his sword, will he whet,—his bow, hath he bent, and made ready:
14Lo! he gendereth trouble, and conceiveth mischief, but giveth birth to a disappointment:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap on them, calamities,—Mine arrows, will I spend upon them:
Deuteronomy 32:42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And, my sword, shall devour flesh,—With the blood of the slain and the captive, With the flesh of the chief leader of the foe.
Psalms 11:2For lo! the lawless, bend the bow They have fixed their arrow upon the string, To shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart:
Psalms 45:5Thine arrows, are sharp—Peoples, under thee, fall! In the heart of the foes of the king.
Psalms 64:7Once let God have shot at them an arrow, Suddenly have appeared their own wounds!
Lamentations 2:4He hath trodden his bow like a foe, his right hand erect as an adversary, and hath slain all them who delighted the eye,—In the home of the daughter of Zion, hath he poured out, as fire, his indignation.
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 →