Psalms 64:7

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
God	אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
shoot	וַיֹּרֵ֗ם vai.yo.Rem	H3384	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
arrow	חֵ֥ץ chetz	H2671	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
suddenly	פִּתְא֑וֹם pit.'om	H6597	instantly · adverb
wounded	מַכּוֹתָֽם ma.ko.Tam	H4347	a wound · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 7:12-13 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Proverbs 6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Psalms 18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Deuteronomy 32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
Deuteronomy 32:42 I 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 th…
1 Chronicles 10:3-7 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array agains…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 64:7–end

We may observe here, I. The judgments of God which should certainly come upon these malicious persecutors of David. Though they encouraged themselves in their wickedness, here is that which, if they would believe and consider it, was enough to discourage them. And it is observable how the punishment answers the sin. 1. They shot at David secretly and suddenly, to wound him; but God shall shoot at them, for the ordains his arrows against the persecutors (Psa 7:13), against the face of them, Psa 21:12. And God's arrows will hit surer, and fly swifter, and pierce deeper, than theirs do or can. They have many arrows, but they are only bitter words, and words are but wind: the curse causeless sha…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 64:7

The contrast is heightened by representing God as using weapons like theirs.

John Gill on Psalms 64:7

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow,.... With one or other of his four judgments; famine, pestilence, sword, and wild beasts, Ezekiel 14:21; which he brings upon wicked men; and may be compared to arrows, as they are, Ezekiel 5:16; because they move swiftly. The judgment of wicked men lingereth not, though it may seem to do so; and because they often come suddenly and at an unawares, when men are crying Peace, peace; and because they are sharp and piercing, penetrate deep and stick fast, and wound and kill; they are not arrows of deliverance, unless to the Lord's people, who, by his judgments on the wicked, are delivered from them; but destroying ones, 2 Kings 13:17; when God draws the…

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John Calvin on Psalms 64:7–end

Psalm 64:7-10 7. And God shall shoot an arrow at them; suddenly shall they be wounded. 8. And they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: and all that see them shall flee away. [441] 9. And all men shall see, and shall declare the work of God, and shall understand [442] what he hath done. 10. The righteous shall be glad in Jehovah, and shall hope in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. 7 And God shall shoot an arrow at them The Psalmist now congratulates himself in the confident persuasion that his prayers have not been without effect, but already answered. Though there was no appearance of God's approaching judgment, he declares that it would suddenly be executed;…

The Church Fathers

"Arrows of infants have been made the strokes of them" [Psalm 64:7]. Where is that savageness? Where is that roar of the lion, of the people roaring and saying, "Crucify, Crucify"? Where are the lyings in wait of men bending the bow? Have not "the strokes of them been made the arrows of infants"? You know in what manner infants make to themselves arrows of little canes. What do they strike, or whence do they strike? What is the hand, or what the weapon? What are the arms, or what the limbs?
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 64

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Dictionary and topics

Afflictions Of The Wicked, The · Are for examples to others — Are for examples to others
Arrows · Illustrative: Of God’s judgment — Illustrative: Of God’s judgment
Punishment Of The Wicked, The · Future described as: Often sudden and unexpected — Future described as: Often sudden and unexpected

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 64:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 64:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 64:7

John Gill on Psalms 64:7

John Calvin on Psalms 64:7–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 64:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 64:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 64:7

John Gill on Psalms 64:7

John Calvin on Psalms 64:7–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 64:7–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 64:7-10

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 64:7