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13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
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Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-17)David having lodged his appeal with God by prayer and a solemn profession of his integrity, in the former part of the psalm, in this latter part does, as it were, take out judgment upon the appeal, by faith in the word of God, and the assurance it gives of the happiness and safety of the righteous and the certain destruction of wicked people that continue impenitent. I. David is confident that he…
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