Proverbia 64:7

Nova Vulgata

[64:8] Et sagittavit illos Deus; subito factae sunt plagae eorum,

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Pr�parans montes in virtute tua, accinctus potentia ;

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Pr�parans montes in virtute tua,
accinctus potentia;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

God: Psalms 7:12, Psalms 7:13, Psalms 18:14, Deuteronomy 32:23, Deuteronomy 32:42, Job 6:4, Lamentations 3:12, Lamentations 3:13

suddenly: Psalms 64:4, Psalms 73:19, Proverbs 6:15, Proverbs 29:1, Isaiah 30:13, Matthew 24:40, Matthew 24:50, Matthew 24:51, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:3

shall they be wounded: Heb. their wound shall be, 1 Kings 22:34, 1 Chronicles 10:3-7

Reciprocal: Psalms 21:12 - thou shalt Psalms 35:8 - Let destruction Psalms 36:12 - There Psalms 38:2 - thine Psalms 52:5 - God Psalms 58:7 - General Psalms 59:12 - For the Psalms 138:7 - thou shalt stretch Psalms 139:19 - Surely Psalms 141:10 - the wicked Proverbs 21:11 - the scorner

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 bow and shoots, execution is done. This is said in opposition to what wicked men do, Psalms 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Psalms 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 Psalms 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 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.