And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.
Psalm 64:7 - American Standard Version 2015 But God will shoot at them;\par\tab With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But God shall shoot at them With an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But God will shoot an unexpected arrow at them; and suddenly shall they be wounded. American Standard Version (1901) But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded. Common English Bible But God will shoot them with an arrow! Without warning, they will be wounded! Catholic Public Domain Version You prepare the mountains in your virtue, wrapped with power. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou who preparest the mountains by thy strength, being girded with power: |
And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,\par\tab The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up:\par\tab The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them;\par\tab Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect:\par\tab Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
How are they become a desolation in a moment!\par\tab They are utterly consumed with terrors.
He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck\par\tab Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;\par\tab On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that {\i they go} to the dead.
therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.