Psalms 64:8
And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
Young's Literal Translation
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
7And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
9And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.
Cross References
Numbers 16:34and all Israel who [are] round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, 'Lest the earth swallow us;'
Job 15:6Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
Psalms 22:7All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip — shake the head,
Psalms 52:6And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
Psalms 140:9The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.
Proverbs 12:13In transgression of the lips [is] the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from 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 →