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Psalms 64:7

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

KJV

Præparans montes in virtute tua, accinctus potentia ;

Vulgate

ἑτοιμάζων ὄρη ἐν τῇ ἰσχύι σου, περιεζωσμένος ἐν δυναστίᾳ·

LXX

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

ASV

יַֽחְפְּֽשׂוּ עוֹלֹ֗ת תַּ֭מְנוּ חֵ֣פֶשׂ מְחֻפָּ֑שׂ וְ/קֶ֥רֶב אִ֝֗ישׁ וְ/לֵ֣ב עָמֹֽק

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙
htchpsh
verb · 23×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
חֵ֣פֶשׂ
chpsh
noun · 1×
י
y
noun · 591×
ם
m
verb · 62×
עַוְלָֽה
'vlh
noun · 52×
עָמֹ֖ק
'mq
adjective · 17×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 10:3 — And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
  • 1Kgs 22:34 — And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the ho
  • 1Thess 5:2 — For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
  • Deut 32:23 — I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
  • Deut 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 the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
  • Isa 30:13 — Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
  • 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 against me.
  • Lam 3:12 — He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
  • Prov 6:15 — Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
  • Prov 21:11 — When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
  • Prov 29:1 — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
  • Ps 7:12 — If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
  • Ps 7:13 — He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
  • Ps 18:14 — Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
  • Ps 21:12 — Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
  • Ps 55:15 — Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
  • Ps 73:19 — How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
  • Ps 138:7 — Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
  • Ps 139:19 — Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
  • Ps 141:10 — Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.