Psalms 7:13
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he maketh his arrows fiery shafts.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
12If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows 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 captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.
Psalms 11:2For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
Psalms 45:5Thine arrows are sharp; the peoples fall under thee; they are in the heart of the king’s enemies.
Psalms 64:7But God shall shoot at them; with an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
Lamentations 2:4He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, and hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: in the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his fury like fire.
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 →