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God Turns the Tables
Commentators unanimously highlight the theme of divine reversal. Just as the wicked prepared their 'arrows' to harm the righteous, God turns their own weapons against them. Scholars like Albert Barnes explain this as a direct and just retaliation, where the harm intended for others recoils upon the perpetrators themselves.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 64:7
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 64:7–8
19th Century
Bishop
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 Di…
John Calvin
On Psalms 64:7
16th Century
Theologian
And God shall shoot an arrow at them. The Psalmist now congratulates himself in the confident belief that his prayers have not been in vai…
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John Gill
On Psalms 64:7
17th Century
Pastor
But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow
With one or other of his four judgments; famine, pestilence, sword, and wild beast…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 64:7–10
17th Century
Minister
When God brings upon people the harm they have desired for others, it is a weight sufficient to sink a person to the lowest hell. Those who love cu…