American Standard Version
Psalms 64:7
7But God will shoot at them;With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
Psalms 64:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
- New International Version (NIV)But God will shoot them with his arrows; they will suddenly be struck down.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; Suddenly they shall be wounded.
Context of Psalms 64:7
5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them? 6They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep. But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded. 8So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head. 9And all men shall fear; And they shall declare the work of God, And shall wisely consider of his doing.
Read all of Psalms 64Psalms 64:7 word by word
וַיֹּרֵ֗ם אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים חֵ֥ץ פִּתְא֑וֹם הָ֝י֗וּ מַכּוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 64:7
- Psalms 7:12If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;
- Psalms 18:14And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
- Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
- Lamentations 3:12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
- Psalms 64:4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
- Psalms 73:19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
- Proverbs 6:15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
- Proverbs 29:1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Isaiah 30:13therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.
- Matthew 24:40Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
- 1 Kings 22:34And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.
- 1 Chronicles 10:3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.
Commentaries on Psalms 64:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow - They endeavor to trace me out, that they may shoot me; but God will shoot at them. This, if the Psalm refer to the times of David, seems to be prophetic of Saul's death. The archers pressed upon him, and sorely wounded him with their arrows. 1 Samuel 31:3.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow - That is, Instead of their being able to carry out their purposes of shooting the arrows which they had prepared against others, God will shoot his arrows against them. The tables will be turned. They themselves will experience what they had intended to inflict on others. God will deal with them as they intended to deal with others. The sentiment here is substantially the same as in Psalm 7:15; see the notes at…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 When God brings upon men the mischiefs they have desired on others, it is weight enough to sink a man to the lowest hell. Those who love cursing, it shall come upon them. Those who behold this shall understand, and observe God's hand in all; unless we do so, we are not likely to profit by the dispensations of Providence. The righteous shall be glad in the Lord; not glad of the misery and ruin of their fellow-creatures, but glad that God is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10God acts righteously. God stops wickedness and gives the wicked what they intended for others.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. The contrast is heightened by representing God as using weapons like theirs.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 64
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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