7 And God doth shoot them `with' an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
If `one' turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden -- He prepareth it, Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.
I gather upon them evils, Mine arrows I consume upon them.
And a man hath drawn with a bow, in his simplicity, and smiteth the king of Israel between the joinings and the coat of mail, and he saith to his charioteer, `Turn thy hand, and take me out from the camp, for I have become sick.'
And the battle `is' heavy on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting, and Saul saith unto the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised come -- and have abused me.' And the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he feareth exceedingly, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it; and the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul `is' dead, and falleth, he also, on the sword, and dieth; and Saul dieth, and his three sons, and all his house -- together they died. And all the men of Israel who `are' in the valley see that they have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake their cities and flee, and the Philistines come and dwell in them.
And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them.
To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken -- and no healing.
A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.
He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow. He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
Then two men shall be in the field, the one is received, and the one is left;
for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come, for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail `doth' her who is with child, and they shall not escape;
Worthy.Bible » Commentaries » Matthew Henry Commentary » Commentary on Psalms 64
Commentary on Psalms 64 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 64
This whole psalm has reference to David's enemies, persecutors, and slanderers; many such there were, and a great deal of trouble they gave him, almost all his days, so that we need not guess at any particular occasion of penning this psalm.
In singing this psalm we must observe the effect of the old enmity that is in the seed of the woman against the seed of the serpent, and assure ourselves that the serpent's head will be broken, at last, to the honour and joy of the holy seed.
To the chief musician. A psalm of David.
Psa 64:1-6
David, in these verses, puts in before God a representation of his own danger and of his enemies' character, to enforce his petition that God would protect him and punish them.
Psa 64:7-10
We may observe here,