“ But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. ”
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 arro...
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 in...
shoot. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
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 wa...
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. But God shall shoot at them with an arrow - They endeavor to trace me out, that they may shoot me; but God will shoot at t...
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...
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 wh...
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 64:1-10 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...
Deliverance from Powerful Foes Psalms 64:1-10 Another of the psalms dating from Saul's persecution. There are two stanzas. Prayer for preservation, Psalms 64:1-6 Insult, sarcasm, and slan...
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...
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 r...
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 co...
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 coi...
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 ,...
God's Judgments on Persecutors. 7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. 8 So t...
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.
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 64:7-9 ). His adversaries thought...
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 authorsh...
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 Go...
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...
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 64:1-19 ); after which...
Invocation of God against the Deceit of Men. To the chief musician, a psalm of David, composed at one of the periods of his life when he was annoyed above the ordinary by the trickery of men who p...
1 Chronicles 10:3-7 ; 1 Kings 22:34 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:2 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; Deuteronomy 32:23 ; Deuteronomy 32:42 ; Isaiah 30:13 ; Job 6:4 ; Lamentations 3:12 ; Lamentations 3:13 ; M...