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Psalm 64:7

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64:7But God will shoot17 at them;

suddenly they will be18 wounded by an arrow.19

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Footnotes

  1. 17 The prefixed verb with vav (ו) consecutive is normally used in narrative contexts to describe completed past actions. It is possible that the conclusion to the psalm (vv. 7–10) was added to the lament after God’s judgment of the wicked in response to the psalmist’s lament (vv. 1–6). The translation assumes that these verses are anticipatory and express the psalmist’s confidence that God would eventually judge the wicked. The psalmist uses a narrative style as a rhetorical device to emphasize his certitude. See §111.w.
  2. 18 The perfect verbal form here expresses the psalmist’s certitude about the coming demise of the wicked.
  3. 19 The translation follows the traditional accentuation of the . Another option is to translate, “But God will shoot them down with an arrow, suddenly they will be wounded” (cf. , ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But God shoots his arrow at them;

they are wounded suddenly.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But God will shoot them with his arrows;

they will suddenly be struck down.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But God will shoot them with arrows;

suddenly, they will be wounded.

NLTNew Living Translation

But God himself will shoot them with his arrows,

suddenly striking them down.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But God will shoot them;

with an arrow they will suddenly be wounded.

KJV 1900King James Version

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow;

Suddenly shall they be wounded.