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The Boomerang of Sin
Commentators unanimously highlight the theme of poetic justice. The wicked are undone by their own schemes and words. As Albert Barnes notes, their tongue, which they used as a sword against others, becomes the very weapon that falls upon them. Their evil recoils, demonstrating a divine principle that sin carries the seeds of its own destruction.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 64:8
18th Century
Theologian
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves - In Psalm 64:3, their tongue is represented as a sword; and here, keep…
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 64:8
16th Century
Theologian
And they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves. Pursuing the same subject, he remarks that the poison concocted in their sec…
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John Gill
On Psalms 64:8
17th Century
Pastor
So shall they make their own tongue to fall upon themselves ,
&c.] The evil things they have wished for, threatened …
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…