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Psalms 64:7
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow, using a weapon like theirs, but with terrible effect; suddenly shall they be wounded, their wounds coming upon them before they are aware of it.
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow, using a weapon like theirs, but with terrible effect; suddenly shall they be wounded, their wounds coming upon them before they are aware of it.
Verse Psalms 64:7. _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 Davi...
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 ag...
Psalms 64 The Wicked and their End _ 1. The power of the wicked displaced (Psalms 64:1)_ 2. Their sudden end (Psalms 64:7) This Psalm stands in contrast with the preceding ones. The outward circum...
LXIV. PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AGAINST TREACHEROUS FOES. Psalms 64:6. The text needs correction. We may read, They plan evil deeds: they have hidden a well-devised plot, for the inner man is incurab...
SHOOT. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
Therefore God shoots at them with an arrow; Suddenly are they smitten. The peculiar idiom of the Heb. in this and the following verses conveys the idea that this judgement is the immediate consequen...
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....
PSALMS 64 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Prayer against the Evil Tongues of Conspirators, who are Destroyed by Their Own Weapon. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 64:1-4 a, Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies, whose...
_THEY SEARCH OUT INIQUITIES; THEY ACCOMPLISH A DILIGENT SEARCH: BOTH THE INWARD THOUGHT OF EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND THE HEART, IS DEEP._ -When all the plot is ripe, then ensues sudden destruction of th...
This is a Ps. on a familiar theme. The Psalmist's life is in danger. He describes the injurious words and malicious plans of his enemies, and foretells how their overthrow will be a warning to all who...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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...
_[Psalms 64:8]_ וַ יֹּרֵ֗ם אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים חֵ֥ץ פִּתְאֹ֑ום...
Psalms 64:1 FAMILIAR notes are struck in this psalm, which has no very distinctive features. Complaint of secret slanderers, the comparison of their words to arrows and swords, their concealed snares,...
DELIVERANCE FROM POWERFUL FOES Psalms 64:1 Another of the psalms dating from Saul's persecution. There are two stanzas. PRAYER FOR PRESERVATION, PSALMS 64:1 Insult, sarcasm, and slander still fall...
This is the cry of distress, and yet not of despair. The singer is beset by wily enemies who plan and plot against him with malicious and persistent determination. In great detail he describes their m...
_Strength, or rain. The power (Calmet) and goodness of God, are described with regard to the captives, and converted nations, (Berthier) and the great works of the creation. (Worthington)_...
I have not interrupted the progress of these verses, in order that the Reader, after having finished the perusal of the whole, may mark their connection. There is a beautiful climax of order in the re...
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 appe...
Psalms 64 chiefly speaks of the unceasing crafty hatred of the enemy and cries to God: God will shoot at them suddenly. The result of this judgment will be that all shall fear and declare the work of...
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 compare...
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...
_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, Psalms 7:13_, and...
SHALL THEY BE WOUNDED: _ Heb._ their wound shall be...
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 s...
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....
Psalms 64:7 God H430 shoot H3384 (H8686) arrow H2671 Suddenly H6597 wounded H4347 God - P
BUT GOD HAS TAKEN NOTE AND WILL TURN THEIR SCHEMES BACK ON THEIR OWN HEADS SO THAT ALL WILL SEE THEIR FOLLY AND RECOGNISE IN THEIR DEMISE THE HAND OF GOD (PSALMS 64:7). His adversaries thought that no...
CONTENTS: David prays for deliverance from the malicious designs of enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God will turn the tables on the adversaries of His people and defeat them at their ow...
REFLECTIONS. This psalm describes at large the plots and insinuations of David's enemies for his destruction. They took secret counsel against him, and he cried and prayed, on the contrary, that God w...
_Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy._ MAN’S ENMITY TOWARDS MAN We see this enmity here in three aspects. I. Piously dreaded. David prays against it. He pray...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 64:1. This individual lament shares with Psalms 63:1 a confidence in God’s victory over those who bring troubles on the righteous. The psalm h
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 64:7 Those who shoot their bitter words like arrows aimed at the innocent (vv. Psalms 64:3) will find that GOD SHOOTS HIS ARROW AT THEM. God brings
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_. “_To the chief Musician:_” see Introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Psalm of David_,” The structure and character of the psalm confirm the title as to its Davidic authorship....
EXPOSITION AT a time of great danger from domestic enemies, who threaten insurrection (Psalms 64:2), the psalmist first complains to God, and entreats his aid (Psalms 64:1); after which he boldly deno...
Psa 64:1-10, another psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from the fear of the enemy (Psalms 64:1). You know, fear is a horrible thing. And fear can actually get hold...
1 Chronicles 10:3; 1 Kings 22:34; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:3;...