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Psalm 64:7

But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

5They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”
6They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning.
7But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.
8Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
9All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.
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Notice

God’s arrow interrupts the plotters’ confidence in their hidden plans, a violent image of judgment that can bring relief at injustice confronted and fear at God’s power.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 55:15Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling.Both describe an abrupt end for evildoers; Psalm 55 asks for death, while Psalm 64 declares that God will strike.
Proverbs 6:15Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.Both describe calamity arriving without warning, though Psalm 64 names God as the one who strikes.
Psalm 7:12–13If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.Both portray judgment through weapons prepared for use; Psalm 7 also names the possibility of repentance.
Psalm 18:14He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts.Both portray God shooting arrows against opponents, with Psalm 18 describing their scattering and Psalm 64 their being struck down.
1 Thessalonians 5:2–3For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.Both describe divine action arriving without warning, though Thessalonians names the day of the Lord rather than an arrow striking plotters.
Psalm 21:12For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.Both depict God aiming weapons at opponents, whose plans cannot protect them from his attack.
Isaiah 30:13therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.Both portray an abrupt downfall connected with wrongdoing, using an arrow in the psalm and a collapsing wall in Isaiah.
Proverbs 29:1He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.Both describe abrupt destruction, though Proverbs identifies resistance to repeated rebuke and Psalm 64 describes people plotting injustice.
1 Chronicles 10:3–7The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.The shared detail is archery amid danger; Chronicles describes human archers overtaking Saul, while the psalm depicts God shooting.
Deuteronomy 32:42I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy.”Both depict God’s arrows bringing violent judgment upon enemies; Deuteronomy makes the bloodshed explicit.
Deuteronomy 32:23“I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them.Both portray God directing arrows against people under judgment, with Deuteronomy presenting the threat in God’s own speech.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.Both attribute arrows to God, though Job describes his own suffering and Psalm 64 announces judgment against plotters.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

The hidden plans described here face God’s judgment. This is no permission to threaten someone with harm, and it gives no timetable for your dispute. God has authority over those plotting injustice.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).