Psalms 7:13
He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.
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12If he turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
14Behold, he labors with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap evil 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; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Psalms 11:2For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privately shoot at the upright in heart.
Psalms 45:5Yours arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under you.
Psalms 64:7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Lamentations 2:4He has bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he 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 →