Proverbs 18:7(v8)A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 12:13(v8)An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Jeremiah 51:10(v9)‘Yahweh has produced our righteousness: come, and let’s declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.’
Psalms 7:12-13(v7)If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow. He has also prepared for himself the instruments of…
Proverbs 6:15(v7)Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
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Psalms 18:14(v7)He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.
Psalms 140:9(v8)As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-3(v7)For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then…
Deuteronomy 32:23(v7)“I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them.
Deuteronomy 32:42(v7)I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the…
1 Chronicles 10:3-7(v7)The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers. Then Saul said to his…
Job 6:4(v7)For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Job 15:6(v8)Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
Psalms 22:7(v8)All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
Psalms 31:11(v8)Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, a horror to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the…
Psalms 40:3(v9)He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
Psalms 73:19(v7)How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
Proverbs 29:1(v7)He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
Isaiah 30:13(v7)therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an…
Jeremiah 18:16(v8)to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.
Jeremiah 48:27(v8)For wasn’t Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For as often as you speak of him, you shake your head.
Jeremiah 50:28(v9)Listen to those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance of his…
Hosea 14:9(v9)Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the…
Nahum 3:7(v8)It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, ‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?’ Where will I…
Matthew 21:41(v8)They told him, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the…
Luke 19:22(v8)“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I…
Numbers 16:34(v8)All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”
1 Samuel 31:3-7(v8)The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. Then Saul said to…
1 Kings 22:34(v7)A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his…
Psalms 9:3(v8)When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.
Psalms 52:6(v8)The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
Psalms 58:11(v9)so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
Psalms 59:12(v8)For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.
Psalms 107:42-43(v9)The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths. Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will…
Isaiah 5:12(v9)The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they…
Lamentations 3:12-13(v7)He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
Revelation 18:4(v8)I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t…
Revelation 18:10(v8)standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in…
Psalms 53:5(v9)There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to…
Psalms 119:20(v9)My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
Ezekiel 14:23(v9)They will comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; then you will know that I have not done all that I have done in it without…
Matthew 24:40(v7)Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left.
Matthew 24:50-51(v7)the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it, and in an hour when he doesn’t know it, and will cut him in pieces,…
Revelation 11:13(v9)In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest…
Psalms 64:4(v7)to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
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John Calvin1540 · Public DomainOn vv7–97 And God shall shoot an arrow at them…
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; and in this he affords a remarkable proof of his faith. He saw the wicked hardening themselves in their prosperity, and presuming upon impunity from the divine connivance and forbearance; but instead of yielding to discouragement, he was borne up by the belief that God, according to his usual mode of procedure with the wicked, would visit them at an unexpected moment, when they were flattering themselves with having escaped, and indulging in extravagant confidence. It is a consideration which should comfort us, when subjected to long-continued trial, that God, in delaying to punish the ungodly, does so with the express design of afterwards inflicting judgments of a more condign description upon them, and when they shall say, “Peace and safety,” overwhelming them with sudden destruction, (Jeremiah 8:11 )
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Geneva Bible translators1599 · Public DomainOn v8To see God’s heavy judgments against them, and how…
To see God’s heavy judgments against them, and how he hath caught them in their own snares.
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John Trapp1656 · Public DomainOn vv7–9Psa 64:7 But God shall shoot at them [with]…
Psa 64:7 But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Ver. 7. But God shall shoot at them, &c.] He shall overshoot them in their own bow, pay them home in their own coin; he will deal with them lege talionis, for he loveth to retaliate, see Psa 64:4, they shall find that he can handle his arms a fair deal better against them than they did against David.
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With an arrow suddenly] As was Ahab, and the rich fool, Luk 12:16-21, while he sat pruning himself like a bird on a bough, death fetched him off suddenly by his shaft shot at him, and down be came tumbling. See 1Th 5:3.
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Matthew Poole1685 · Public DomainOn vv7–9God shall shoot at them; though I can neither…
God shall shoot at them; though I can neither search out or prevent their subtle devices, yet God can and will certainly do it.
Suddenly; shortly and unexpectedly.
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Matthew Henry1710 · Public DomainOn v7We may observe here,
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 shall not come. But God has one arrow that will be their death, his curse which is never causeless, and therefore shall come; with it they shall be suddenly wounded, that is, their wound by it will be a surprise upon them, because they were secure and not apprehensive of any danger. 2. Their tongues fell upon him, but God shall make their tongues to fall upon themselves. They do it by the desert of their sin; God does it by the justice of his wrath, Psa 64:8. When God deals with men according to the desert of their tongue-sins, and brings those mischiefs upon them which they have passionately and maliciously imprecated upon others, then he makes their own tongues to fall upon them; and it is weight enough to sink a man to the lowest hell, like a talent of lead. Many have cut their own throats, and many more have damned their own souls, with their tongues, and it will be an aggravation of their condemnation. O Israel! thou hast destroyed thyself, art snared in the words of thy mouth. If thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. Those that love cursing, it shall come unto them. Sometimes men's secret wickedness is brought to light by their own confession, and then their own tongue falls upon them.
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II. The influence which these judgments should have upon others; for it is done in the open sight of all, Job 34:26.
1. Their neighbours shall shun them and shift for their own safety. They shall flee away, as the men of Israel did from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, Num 16:27. Some think this was fulfilled in the death of Saul, when not only his army was dispersed, but the inhabitants of the neighbouring country were so terrified with the fall, not only of their king but of his three sons, that they quitted their cities and fled, Sa1 31:7.
2. Spectators shall reverence the providence of God therein, Psa 64:9. (1.) They shall understand and observe God's hand in all (and, unless we do so, we are not likely to profit by the dispensations of Providence, Hos 14:9): They shall wisely consider his doing. There is need of consideration and serious thought rightly to apprehend the matter of fact, and need of wisdom to put a true interpretation upon it. God's doing is well worth our considering (Ecc 7:13), but it must be considered wisely, that we put not a corrupt gloss upon a pure text. (2.) They shall be affected with a holy awe of God upon the consideration of it. All men (all that have any thing of the reason of a man in them) shall fear and tremble because of God's judgments, Psa 119:120. They shall fear to do the like, fear being found persecutors of God's people. Smite the scorner and the simple shall beware. (3.) They shall declare the work of God. They shall speak to one another and to all about them of the justice of God in punishing persecutors. What we wisely consider ourselves we should wisely declare to others, for their edification and the glory of God. This is the finger of God.
3. Good people shall in a special manner take notice of it, and it shall affect them with a holy pleasure, Psa 64:10. (1.) It shall increase their joy: The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, not glad of the misery and ruin of their fellow-creatures, but glad that God is glorified, and his word fulfilled, and the cause of injured innocency pleaded effectually. (2.) It shall encourage their faith. They shall commit themselves to him in the way of duty and be willing to venture for him with an entire confidence in him. (3.) Their joy and faith shall both express themselves in a holy boasting: All the upright in heart, that keep a good conscience and approve themselves to God, shall glory, not in themselves, but in the favour of God, in his righteousness and goodness, their relation to him and interest in him. Let him that glories glory in the Lord.
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John Gill1763 · Public DomainOn vv7–9But God shall shoot at them with an arrow,....…
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow,.... With one or other of his four judgments; famine, pestilence, sword, and wild beasts, Eze 14:21; which he brings upon wicked men; and may be compared to arrows, as they are, Eze 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, Kg2 13:17; when God draws the bow and shoots, execution is done. This is said in opposition to what wicked men do, Psa 64:3; and in just retaliation; they shoot at the perfect, and God shoots at them;
suddenly shall they be wounded; with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, with a deadly wound that shall never be healed; not with the arrow of God's word, but with the stroke of his hand; which comes suddenly, falls heavy, and makes the wound incurable.
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John Wesley1765 · Public DomainOn v8Flee - Through fear of being involved in their…
Flee - Through fear of being involved in their destruction.
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Adam Clarke1810 · Public DomainOn vv7–9Verse 7. But God shall shoot at them with…
Verse 7. But God shall shoot at them with an arrow] They endeavour 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. 1Sa 31:3.
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Joseph Benson1811 · Public DomainOn vv7–8Psa 64:7. But God shall shoot at them —…
Psa 64:7. But God shall shoot at them — Though I can neither search out nor prevent their subtle devices, yet God can, and will certainly do it, for he ordains his arrows against persecutors, Psa 7:13, and his arrows will hit more surely, and fly more swiftly, and pierce more deeply than theirs do or can. They have many arrows, but they are only words, though bitter, and the curse causeless shall not come: but God has one arrow that will be their destruction; his curse, which is never causeless, and therefore shall come. Suddenly shall they be wounded — That is, their wound by it will be a surprise upon them, because they were secure, and not apprehensive of any danger.
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Albert Barnes1834 · Public DomainOn vv7–9But God shall shoot at them with an arrow…
But 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 Psa 7:15; see the notes at that passage. It is also in accordance with what we often find in the writings of David, when in the close of a psalm he expresses a confident expectation that the prayer which he had offered in the beginning would be heard, or rejoices in the assurance that he had been heard. The idea, also, is involved in this part of the psalm that God will deal with men as they purpose to deal with others; that is, according to their true character. Compare the notes at Psa 18:25-26.
Suddenly shall they be wounded - Margin, their wound shall be. The Hebrew is, “Suddenly shall be their wounds.” The idea is, that the wounds in the case would be theirs; and would be inflicted suddenly. The blows which they thought to give to others would come on themselves, and this would occur at an unexpected moment.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown1871 · Public DomainOn vv7–9The contrast is heightened by representing God as using…
The contrast is heightened by representing God as using weapons like theirs.
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Daniel D. Whedon1874 · Public DomainOn vv7–97. But God shall shoot at them with an…
7. But God shall shoot at them with an arrow—Both the verbs in the two lines of this verse are in the past tense, and though the Hebrew gives an ambiguous idea as to interpunction, yet we should read:—
But God hath shot at them an arrow,
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Suddenly have come their wounds.
Thus, when they had completed their deep schemes—when they had bent their bow to shoot in secret at the upright,—(Psa_64:3-4,) in a moment, by the unseen arrow of God, they received their own death wound. See Psa_7:12; Psa_38:2
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1878 · Public DomainOn vv7–97. Therefore God shoots at them with an arrow;
7. Therefore God shoots at them with an arrow;
Suddenly are they smitten.
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The peculiar idiom of the Heb. in this and the following verses conveys the idea that this judgement is the immediate consequence of their conduct, and though still future, is as certain as though it were already historical fact. Lit. So God hath shot … they have been wounded … and they have been made to stumble … and all men have feared, and they have declared … and understood &c.: Note the parallelism of this verse to Psa_64:4, They aim their arrows at the righteous, unseen, as they fancy, by man, and unregarded by God; but swift retribution overtakes them unawares. Cp. Psa_7:12 ff. R.V. follows the Massoretic accents in attaching with an arrow to the second line; but the balance of the clauses is in favour of dividing the verses as A.V. does, and the parallel with Psa_64:4 is more striking if ‘suddenly’ occupies the same emphatic position at the beginning of the second line as there. Note how their punishment is described in terms of their crime (Psa_64:4-5).
7–10. They may scheme, but in the midst of their schemes the arrow of divine judgement pierces them: by this exhibition of God’s justice all men are warned, and the righteous are encouraged.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers1878 · Public DomainOn vv7, 9(7, 8) The meaning of these verses is clear.…
(7, 8) The meaning of these verses is clear. In the moment of their imagined success, their deeply-laid schemes just on the point of ripening, a sudden Divine retribution overtakes the wicked, and all their calumnies, invented with such cunning, fall back on their own heads. But the construction is most perplexing. The text presents a tangled maze of abrupt clauses, which, arranged according to the accents, run: And God shoots an arrow, sudden are their wounds, and they make it (or him) fall on themselves their tongue. The last clause seems to pronounce the law which obtains in Divine judgment. While God orders the retribution it is yet the recoil of their own evil on the guilty. In these cases,
“We still have judgment here, that we but teach
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Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor; this evenhanded justice
Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.”
SHAKSPEARE: Macbeth.
Flee away.—The verb (nâdad) properly means to flutter the wings like a bird (Isa_10:14).
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The Pulpit Commentary1880 · Public DomainOn vv7–9But God shall shoot at them with an arrow.…
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow. But God will interpose. As they have shot with their arrows at the righteous (ver. 3), so with his arrow shall God shoot at them. Suddenly shall they be wounded. The first word, "suddenly," may belong equally well either to the preceding or to the following clause. The result is all that is important. Not the righteous, but they themselves, shall receive the wound; literally, their wound shall be.
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Charles H. Spurgeon1885 · Public DomainOn vv7–9Ver. 7. But God shall shoot at them with…
Ver. 7. But God shall shoot at them with an arrow. They shot, and shall be shot. A greater archer than they are shall take sure aim at their hearts. One of his arrows shall be enough, for he never misses his aim. The Lord turns the tables on his adversaries, and defeats them at their own weapons.
Suddenly shall they be wounded. They were looking to surprise the saint, but, lo! they are taken at unawares themselves; they desired to inflict deadly wounds, and are smitten themselves with wounds which none can heal. While they were bending their bows, the great Lord had prepared his bow already, and he let slip the shaft when least they looked for such an unsparing messenger of justice. "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." The righteous need not learn the arts of self defence or of attack, their avenging is in better hands than their own.
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Ver. 7. With an arrow suddenly. As was Ahab, and the rich fool (Luke 16): while he sat pruning himself like a bird on a bough, death fetched him off suddenly by his shaft, shot at him, and down he came tumbling. See 1Th 5:3. John Trapp.
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Psalms 64:8*
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The Biblical Illustrator1887 · Public DomainOn v9And all men shall fear, and shall declare the…
Psa_64:9-10
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of His doing.
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Preservation from enemies
I. An act of God. His enemies were strong and powerful, but God was omnipotent, and in Him was his help and trust; they designed his utter ruin, but God turned their mischief upon their own heads.
1. The suddenness of their destruction.
2. The manner of the discovery, and prevention of his danger.
II. Its effect upon men in general.
1. Fear, which naturally arises in mens minds upon the apprehensions of Gods irresistible power and greatness; for whom has an arm like God? or who can thunder with a voice like Him? yea, who can hear His voice and not tremble? or see His hand stretched out and not be afraid? All men shall fear, but fear alone will not profit us; for the devils tremble before the power they hate, and wicked men may dread Gods vengeance, where they are unwilling to see His hand; and therefore here follows another effect, which such signal actions have upon men.
2. They shall declare the work of God. And this is an effect as general and large as the other, though upon different accounts; for even they who are unwilling to own it shall be forced to acknowledge it, and they for whose sake it is done shall rejoice to publish it.
3. They shall wisely consider of His doing. That is, they shall better understand the method of Gods proceedings, and the reasons of His dealings in the world; for these things make it plain that God takes care of the affairs of His people, and that the enemies of His Church shall not be able to prevail against her.
III. A duty resulting from all these considerations, and chiefly incumbent on good men.
1. The righteous shall be glad in the Lord. A duty no less easy than pleasant, and that which we all seem to covet most; that which we eagerly pursue as the best of this worlds satisfaction, joy and rejoicing.
2. The righteous shall trust in Him. And good reason indeed to trust in Him, of whose favour and lovingkindness we have had so large experience; well may we rely on that power which is so able to protect us; well may we depend on that providence which so remarkably takes care of us.
3. All the upright in heart shall glory. They shall glory in His strength, and triumph in His favour. But that is not all; they shall glory in the confusion of the wicked, and rejoice in the continual disappointment of such treacherous designs. (H. Dove, D. D.)
Providential deliverance
I. The necessity there is of attention and consideration, to discover the hand of God, and the manner of its working, in those events of which we are informed either by history, or our own experience.
They shall consider of His doing.
II. The wisdom of thus considering--They shall wisely consider of His doing.
III. Certain marks whereby we may at any time discern an especial providence, Diligently to mark, and carefully to treasure up in our minds, the special providences of the Almighty, is the way to preserve and nourish our faith and hope in Him; it furnishes the grounds of our thankfulness and praise; it stirs up our finest feelings and very best affections toward Him; holy joy, humble reverence, and hearty love; it supports us under all our sufferings; and affords us comfort in all our sorrows. (Bishop Horne.)
All the upright in heart shall glory.--
All the upright in heart shall glory
1. The dispositions of the persons. All the upright in heart, and then, the retribution upon these persons, They shall glory, or, they shall be celebrated, they shall be praised. In the first, the qualification of the persons, we shall pass by these steps; first, that God in His punishments and rewardings proposes to Himself persons. God does not begin at a retribution, nor begin at a condemnation, before He have persons, persons fit to be rewarded, persons fit to be condemned. God did not first make a heaven and a hell, and after think of making man, that He might have some persons to put in them; but, first for His glory He made man, and for those, who, by a good use of His grace preserved their state, heaven; and for those who, by their own fault fell, He made hell. And, in the qualifications of these persons, He proposes first a rectitude, a directness, an uprightness; declinations downward, deviations upon the wrong hand, squint-eyed men, left-handed men (in a spiritual sense), He meddles not withal. They must be direct, and upright; and then, upright in heart; for, to be good to ill ends (as, in many eases, a man may be), God accepts not, regards not. But, let him be a person thus qualified, upright, upright because he loves uprightness, upright in heart; and then, he is infallibly embraced in that general rule, and proposition, that admits no exception. All the upright in heart shall be partakers of this retribution; and in these branches we shall determine our first part, first, that God proposes to Himself persons; persons thus and thus qualified; He begins at them. Secondly, that God had rather dwell Himself, and propose to us the considerations of good persons, than bad, of His mercies, than His judgments, for He mentions no other here, but persons capable of His retributions; and then, the goodness that God considers, is rectitude, and rectitude in the root, in the heart; and from that root grows that spreading universality, that infallibility. All such are sure of the reward. And then, in our second part, in the reward itself, though it be delivered here in the whole bar, in the ingot, in the wedge, in bullion, in one single word, Gloriabuntur, Laudabuntur, they shall glory, yet it admits this mintage, and coining, and issuing in lesser pieces, that first we consider the thing itself, the metal in which God rewards us, glory, praise; and then, since Gods promise is fastened upon that (we shall be praised), as we may lawfully seek the praise of good men, so must we also willingly afford praise to good men, and to good actions. And then, since we find this retribution fixed in the future (we shall be praised, we shall be in glory), there arises this consolation, that though we have it not yet, yet we shall have it; though we be in dishonour, and contempt, and under a cloud, of which we see no end ourselves, yet there is a determined future in God, which shall be made present, we shall overcome this contempt, we shall glory, we shall be celebrated; in which future the consolation is thus much farther exalted, that it is an everlasting future; the glory, and praise, the approbation which we shall receive from good men here, shall flow out and continue to the hosannas in heaven, in the month of saints, and angels, and to the Well done, good and faithful servant, in the mouth of God Himself. (John Donne, D. D.)
Gladness in God
It is only where there is much faith and consequent love that there is much joy. If there is but little heat about the bulb of the thermometer, no wonder that the mercury marks but a low degree. If there is but small faith, there will not be much gladness. The road into Giant Despairs castle is through doubt, which doubt comes from an absence--a sinful absence--in our own experience, of the felt presence of God, and the felt force of the verities of the Gospel. (A. Maclaren, D. D.)
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Psa_65:1-13
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unfoldingWord translationNotes2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0On v7General Information:
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The writer continues to speak of the "evildoers" of Psalms 64:01.
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But God will shoot them ... with his arrows
The writer speaks of God's punishment of the evildoers as if God were shooting arrows at them. (See: Metaphor)
They will be made to stumble
The writer speaks of God's causing the evildoers' plans to fail as if God were making them stumble in their paths. This can be stated in active form. AT: "God will make them stumble" or "God will cause their plans to fail" (See: Metaphor and Active or Passive)
since their own tongues are against them
Here "tongues" represents the words that they say. AT: "since the words that they say are against them" (See: Metonymy)
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On vv7–9 7 And God shall shoot an arrow at them…
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; and in this he affords a remarkable proof of his faith. He saw the wicked hardening themselves in their prosperity, and presuming upon impunity from the divine connivance and forbearance; but instead of yielding to discouragement, he was borne up by the belief that God, according to his usual mode of procedure with the wicked, would visit them at an unexpected moment, when they were flattering themselves with having escaped, and indulging in extravagant confidence. It is a consideration which should comfort us, when subjected to long-continued trial, that God, in delaying to punish the ungodly, does so with the express design of afterwards inflicting judgments of a more condign description upon them, and when they shall say, “Peace and safety,” overwhelming them with sudden destruction, (Jeremiah 8:11 )
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v8 To see God’s heavy judgments against them, and how…
To see God’s heavy judgments against them, and how he hath caught them in their own snares.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv7–9 Psa 64:7 But God shall shoot at them [with]…
Psa 64:7 But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Ver. 7. But God shall shoot at them, &c.] He shall overshoot them in their own bow, pay them home in their own coin; he will deal with them lege talionis, for he loveth to retaliate, see Psa 64:4, they shall find that he can handle his arms a fair deal better against them than they did against David.
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With an arrow suddenly] As was Ahab, and the rich fool, Luk 12:16-21, while he sat pruning himself like a bird on a bough, death fetched him off suddenly by his shaft shot at him, and down be came tumbling. See 1Th 5:3.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv7–9 God shall shoot at them; though I can neither…
God shall shoot at them; though I can neither search out or prevent their subtle devices, yet God can and will certainly do it.
Suddenly; shortly and unexpectedly.
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Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On v7 We may observe here,
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 shall not come. But God has one arrow that will be their death, his curse which is never causeless, and therefore shall come; with it they shall be suddenly wounded, that is, their wound by it will be a surprise upon them, because they were secure and not apprehensive of any danger. 2. Their tongues fell upon him, but God shall make their tongues to fall upon themselves. They do it by the desert of their sin; God does it by the justice of his wrath, Psa 64:8. When God deals with men according to the desert of their tongue-sins, and brings those mischiefs upon them which they have passionately and maliciously imprecated upon others, then he makes their own tongues to fall upon them; and it is weight enough to sink a man to the lowest hell, like a talent of lead. Many have cut their own throats, and many more have damned their own souls, with their tongues, and it will be an aggravation of their condemnation. O Israel! thou hast destroyed thyself, art snared in the words of thy mouth. If thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. Those that love cursing, it shall come unto them. Sometimes men's secret wickedness is brought to light by their own confession, and then their own tongue falls upon them.
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II. The influence which these judgments should have upon others; for it is done in the open sight of all, Job 34:26.
1. Their neighbours shall shun them and shift for their own safety. They shall flee away, as the men of Israel did from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, Num 16:27. Some think this was fulfilled in the death of Saul, when not only his army was dispersed, but the inhabitants of the neighbouring country were so terrified with the fall, not only of their king but of his three sons, that they quitted their cities and fled, Sa1 31:7.
2. Spectators shall reverence the providence of God therein, Psa 64:9. (1.) They shall understand and observe God's hand in all (and, unless we do so, we are not likely to profit by the dispensations of Providence, Hos 14:9): They shall wisely consider his doing. There is need of consideration and serious thought rightly to apprehend the matter of fact, and need of wisdom to put a true interpretation upon it. God's doing is well worth our considering (Ecc 7:13), but it must be considered wisely, that we put not a corrupt gloss upon a pure text. (2.) They shall be affected with a holy awe of God upon the consideration of it. All men (all that have any thing of the reason of a man in them) shall fear and tremble because of God's judgments, Psa 119:120. They shall fear to do the like, fear being found persecutors of God's people. Smite the scorner and the simple shall beware. (3.) They shall declare the work of God. They shall speak to one another and to all about them of the justice of God in punishing persecutors. What we wisely consider ourselves we should wisely declare to others, for their edification and the glory of God. This is the finger of God.
3. Good people shall in a special manner take notice of it, and it shall affect them with a holy pleasure, Psa 64:10. (1.) It shall increase their joy: The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, not glad of the misery and ruin of their fellow-creatures, but glad that God is glorified, and his word fulfilled, and the cause of injured innocency pleaded effectually. (2.) It shall encourage their faith. They shall commit themselves to him in the way of duty and be willing to venture for him with an entire confidence in him. (3.) Their joy and faith shall both express themselves in a holy boasting: All the upright in heart, that keep a good conscience and approve themselves to God, shall glory, not in themselves, but in the favour of God, in his righteousness and goodness, their relation to him and interest in him. Let him that glories glory in the Lord.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv7–9 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow,....…
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow,.... With one or other of his four judgments; famine, pestilence, sword, and wild beasts, Eze 14:21; which he brings upon wicked men; and may be compared to arrows, as they are, Eze 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, Kg2 13:17; when God draws the bow and shoots, execution is done. This is said in opposition to what wicked men do, Psa 64:3; and in just retaliation; they shoot at the perfect, and God shoots at them;
suddenly shall they be wounded; with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, with a deadly wound that shall never be healed; not with the arrow of God's word, but with the stroke of his hand; which comes suddenly, falls heavy, and makes the wound incurable.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v8 Flee - Through fear of being involved in their…
Flee - Through fear of being involved in their destruction.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv7–9 Verse 7. But God shall shoot at them with…
Verse 7. But God shall shoot at them with an arrow] They endeavour 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. 1Sa 31:3.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv7–8 Psa 64:7. But God shall shoot at them —…
Psa 64:7. But God shall shoot at them — Though I can neither search out nor prevent their subtle devices, yet God can, and will certainly do it, for he ordains his arrows against persecutors, Psa 7:13, and his arrows will hit more surely, and fly more swiftly, and pierce more deeply than theirs do or can. They have many arrows, but they are only words, though bitter, and the curse causeless shall not come: but God has one arrow that will be their destruction; his curse, which is never causeless, and therefore shall come. Suddenly shall they be wounded — That is, their wound by it will be a surprise upon them, because they were secure, and not apprehensive of any danger.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv7–9 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow…
But 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 Psa 7:15; see the notes at that passage. It is also in accordance with what we often find in the writings of David, when in the close of a psalm he expresses a confident expectation that the prayer which he had offered in the beginning would be heard, or rejoices in the assurance that he had been heard. The idea, also, is involved in this part of the psalm that God will deal with men as they purpose to deal with others; that is, according to their true character. Compare the notes at Psa 18:25-26.
Suddenly shall they be wounded - Margin, their wound shall be. The Hebrew is, “Suddenly shall be their wounds.” The idea is, that the wounds in the case would be theirs; and would be inflicted suddenly. The blows which they thought to give to others would come on themselves, and this would occur at an unexpected moment.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv7–9 The contrast is heightened by representing God as using…
The contrast is heightened by representing God as using weapons like theirs.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv7–9 7. But God shall shoot at them with an…
7. But God shall shoot at them with an arrow—Both the verbs in the two lines of this verse are in the past tense, and though the Hebrew gives an ambiguous idea as to interpunction, yet we should read:—
But God hath shot at them an arrow,
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Suddenly have come their wounds.
Thus, when they had completed their deep schemes—when they had bent their bow to shoot in secret at the upright,—(Psa_64:3-4,) in a moment, by the unseen arrow of God, they received their own death wound. See Psa_7:12; Psa_38:2
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv7–9 7. Therefore God shoots at them with an arrow;
7. Therefore God shoots at them with an arrow;
Suddenly are they smitten.
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The peculiar idiom of the Heb. in this and the following verses conveys the idea that this judgement is the immediate consequence of their conduct, and though still future, is as certain as though it were already historical fact. Lit. So God hath shot … they have been wounded … and they have been made to stumble … and all men have feared, and they have declared … and understood &c.: Note the parallelism of this verse to Psa_64:4, They aim their arrows at the righteous, unseen, as they fancy, by man, and unregarded by God; but swift retribution overtakes them unawares. Cp. Psa_7:12 ff. R.V. follows the Massoretic accents in attaching with an arrow to the second line; but the balance of the clauses is in favour of dividing the verses as A.V. does, and the parallel with Psa_64:4 is more striking if ‘suddenly’ occupies the same emphatic position at the beginning of the second line as there. Note how their punishment is described in terms of their crime (Psa_64:4-5).
7–10. They may scheme, but in the midst of their schemes the arrow of divine judgement pierces them: by this exhibition of God’s justice all men are warned, and the righteous are encouraged.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv7, 9 (7, 8) The meaning of these verses is clear.…
(7, 8) The meaning of these verses is clear. In the moment of their imagined success, their deeply-laid schemes just on the point of ripening, a sudden Divine retribution overtakes the wicked, and all their calumnies, invented with such cunning, fall back on their own heads. But the construction is most perplexing. The text presents a tangled maze of abrupt clauses, which, arranged according to the accents, run: And God shoots an arrow, sudden are their wounds, and they make it (or him) fall on themselves their tongue. The last clause seems to pronounce the law which obtains in Divine judgment. While God orders the retribution it is yet the recoil of their own evil on the guilty. In these cases,
“We still have judgment here, that we but teach
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Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor; this evenhanded justice
Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.”
SHAKSPEARE: Macbeth.
Flee away.—The verb (nâdad) properly means to flutter the wings like a bird (Isa_10:14).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv7–9 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow.…
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow. But God will interpose. As they have shot with their arrows at the righteous (ver. 3), so with his arrow shall God shoot at them. Suddenly shall they be wounded. The first word, "suddenly," may belong equally well either to the preceding or to the following clause. The result is all that is important. Not the righteous, but they themselves, shall receive the wound; literally, their wound shall be.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain On vv7–9 Ver. 7. But God shall shoot at them with…
Ver. 7. But God shall shoot at them with an arrow. They shot, and shall be shot. A greater archer than they are shall take sure aim at their hearts. One of his arrows shall be enough, for he never misses his aim. The Lord turns the tables on his adversaries, and defeats them at their own weapons.
Suddenly shall they be wounded. They were looking to surprise the saint, but, lo! they are taken at unawares themselves; they desired to inflict deadly wounds, and are smitten themselves with wounds which none can heal. While they were bending their bows, the great Lord had prepared his bow already, and he let slip the shaft when least they looked for such an unsparing messenger of justice. "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." The righteous need not learn the arts of self defence or of attack, their avenging is in better hands than their own.
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Ver. 7. With an arrow suddenly. As was Ahab, and the rich fool (Luke 16): while he sat pruning himself like a bird on a bough, death fetched him off suddenly by his shaft, shot at him, and down he came tumbling. See 1Th 5:3. John Trapp.
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Psalms 64:8*
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the…
Psa_64:9-10
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of His doing.
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Preservation from enemies
I. An act of God. His enemies were strong and powerful, but God was omnipotent, and in Him was his help and trust; they designed his utter ruin, but God turned their mischief upon their own heads.
1. The suddenness of their destruction.
2. The manner of the discovery, and prevention of his danger.
II. Its effect upon men in general.
1. Fear, which naturally arises in mens minds upon the apprehensions of Gods irresistible power and greatness; for whom has an arm like God? or who can thunder with a voice like Him? yea, who can hear His voice and not tremble? or see His hand stretched out and not be afraid? All men shall fear, but fear alone will not profit us; for the devils tremble before the power they hate, and wicked men may dread Gods vengeance, where they are unwilling to see His hand; and therefore here follows another effect, which such signal actions have upon men.
2. They shall declare the work of God. And this is an effect as general and large as the other, though upon different accounts; for even they who are unwilling to own it shall be forced to acknowledge it, and they for whose sake it is done shall rejoice to publish it.
3. They shall wisely consider of His doing. That is, they shall better understand the method of Gods proceedings, and the reasons of His dealings in the world; for these things make it plain that God takes care of the affairs of His people, and that the enemies of His Church shall not be able to prevail against her.
III. A duty resulting from all these considerations, and chiefly incumbent on good men.
1. The righteous shall be glad in the Lord. A duty no less easy than pleasant, and that which we all seem to covet most; that which we eagerly pursue as the best of this worlds satisfaction, joy and rejoicing.
2. The righteous shall trust in Him. And good reason indeed to trust in Him, of whose favour and lovingkindness we have had so large experience; well may we rely on that power which is so able to protect us; well may we depend on that providence which so remarkably takes care of us.
3. All the upright in heart shall glory. They shall glory in His strength, and triumph in His favour. But that is not all; they shall glory in the confusion of the wicked, and rejoice in the continual disappointment of such treacherous designs. (H. Dove, D. D.)
Providential deliverance
I. The necessity there is of attention and consideration, to discover the hand of God, and the manner of its working, in those events of which we are informed either by history, or our own experience.
They shall consider of His doing.
II. The wisdom of thus considering--They shall wisely consider of His doing.
III. Certain marks whereby we may at any time discern an especial providence, Diligently to mark, and carefully to treasure up in our minds, the special providences of the Almighty, is the way to preserve and nourish our faith and hope in Him; it furnishes the grounds of our thankfulness and praise; it stirs up our finest feelings and very best affections toward Him; holy joy, humble reverence, and hearty love; it supports us under all our sufferings; and affords us comfort in all our sorrows. (Bishop Horne.)
All the upright in heart shall glory.--
All the upright in heart shall glory
1. The dispositions of the persons. All the upright in heart, and then, the retribution upon these persons, They shall glory, or, they shall be celebrated, they shall be praised. In the first, the qualification of the persons, we shall pass by these steps; first, that God in His punishments and rewardings proposes to Himself persons. God does not begin at a retribution, nor begin at a condemnation, before He have persons, persons fit to be rewarded, persons fit to be condemned. God did not first make a heaven and a hell, and after think of making man, that He might have some persons to put in them; but, first for His glory He made man, and for those, who, by a good use of His grace preserved their state, heaven; and for those who, by their own fault fell, He made hell. And, in the qualifications of these persons, He proposes first a rectitude, a directness, an uprightness; declinations downward, deviations upon the wrong hand, squint-eyed men, left-handed men (in a spiritual sense), He meddles not withal. They must be direct, and upright; and then, upright in heart; for, to be good to ill ends (as, in many eases, a man may be), God accepts not, regards not. But, let him be a person thus qualified, upright, upright because he loves uprightness, upright in heart; and then, he is infallibly embraced in that general rule, and proposition, that admits no exception. All the upright in heart shall be partakers of this retribution; and in these branches we shall determine our first part, first, that God proposes to Himself persons; persons thus and thus qualified; He begins at them. Secondly, that God had rather dwell Himself, and propose to us the considerations of good persons, than bad, of His mercies, than His judgments, for He mentions no other here, but persons capable of His retributions; and then, the goodness that God considers, is rectitude, and rectitude in the root, in the heart; and from that root grows that spreading universality, that infallibility. All such are sure of the reward. And then, in our second part, in the reward itself, though it be delivered here in the whole bar, in the ingot, in the wedge, in bullion, in one single word, Gloriabuntur, Laudabuntur, they shall glory, yet it admits this mintage, and coining, and issuing in lesser pieces, that first we consider the thing itself, the metal in which God rewards us, glory, praise; and then, since Gods promise is fastened upon that (we shall be praised), as we may lawfully seek the praise of good men, so must we also willingly afford praise to good men, and to good actions. And then, since we find this retribution fixed in the future (we shall be praised, we shall be in glory), there arises this consolation, that though we have it not yet, yet we shall have it; though we be in dishonour, and contempt, and under a cloud, of which we see no end ourselves, yet there is a determined future in God, which shall be made present, we shall overcome this contempt, we shall glory, we shall be celebrated; in which future the consolation is thus much farther exalted, that it is an everlasting future; the glory, and praise, the approbation which we shall receive from good men here, shall flow out and continue to the hosannas in heaven, in the month of saints, and angels, and to the Well done, good and faithful servant, in the mouth of God Himself. (John Donne, D. D.)
Gladness in God
It is only where there is much faith and consequent love that there is much joy. If there is but little heat about the bulb of the thermometer, no wonder that the mercury marks but a low degree. If there is but small faith, there will not be much gladness. The road into Giant Despairs castle is through doubt, which doubt comes from an absence--a sinful absence--in our own experience, of the felt presence of God, and the felt force of the verities of the Gospel. (A. Maclaren, D. D.)
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Psa_65:1-13
The Biblical Illustrator, edited by Joseph S. Exell (c. 1880s–1900s) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v7 General Information:
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The writer continues to speak of the "evildoers" of Psalms 64:01.
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But God will shoot them ... with his arrows
The writer speaks of God's punishment of the evildoers as if God were shooting arrows at them. (See: Metaphor)
They will be made to stumble
The writer speaks of God's causing the evildoers' plans to fail as if God were making them stumble in their paths. This can be stated in active form. AT: "God will make them stumble" or "God will cause their plans to fail" (See: Metaphor and Active or Passive)
since their own tongues are against them
Here "tongues" represents the words that they say. AT: "since the words that they say are against them" (See: Metonymy)
what he has done
"what God has done"
translationWords
bow and arrow
stumble
fear
declare
works
wise
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v7 64:7-10 What God does is righteous. God undoes what…
64:7-10 What God does is righteous. God undoes what is wicked and pays the wicked back with what they planned for others.
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