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Psalms 64:7
7They are plotting injustices: “We have completed a perfect plot!” A man’s inward part and heart are deep.
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
5to shoot from hiding at the innocent, shooting suddenly at him, with no fear. 6They are firming up their evil plan. They talk about setting secret traps. They asked, “Who would see them?” They are plotting injustices: “We have completed a perfect plot!” A man’s inward part and heart are deep. 8But God will shoot them with an arrow— suddenly their wounds will appear. 9So their tongue will be their downfall. All who see them will flee away.
Read all of Psalms 64Psalms 64:7 word by word
וַיֹּרֵ֗ם אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים חֵ֥ץ פִּתְא֑וֹם הָ֝י֗וּ מַכּוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 64:7
- Psalms 7:12God is a righteous judge, a God who is indignant every day.
- Psalms 18:14Adonai also thundered in the heavens, and Elyon gave forth His voice, hail and fiery coals.
- Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap calamities upon them. With My arrows I will finish them.
- Job 6:4For the arrows of Shaddai are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors line up against me.
- Lamentations 3:12He bent His bow and made me the target for His arrow.
- Psalms 64:4who sharpened their tongue like a sword, and aimed their arrow—bitter words,
- Psalms 73:19How suddenly they became a ruin— terminated, consumed by terrors.
- Proverbs 6:15Therefore his disaster will come suddenly —in an instant he will be broken, with no remedy.
- Proverbs 29:1One who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed— without remedy.
- Isaiah 30:13therefore this sin will be to you like a crack bulging in a high wall, about to fall— its collapse comes suddenly, in an instant!
- Matthew 24:40Then two men will be in the field, one taken and one left.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
- 1 Kings 22:34But a man drew his bow aimlessly and struck the king of Israel between the lower armor and the breastplate. Then he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I’m wounded.”
- 1 Chronicles 10:3The battle raged around Saul and the archers spotted him and he was wounded by 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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