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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 64:7
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow, etc.] With one or other of his four judgments; famine, pestilence, sword, and wild beasts, (<261421>Ezekiel 14:21); which he brings upon wicked men; and may be compared to arrows, as they are, (<260516>Ezekiel 5:16,17 <199105>Psalm 91:5,6 <053241> Deuteronomy 32:41,42); because they move swiftly. The judgment of wicked men lingereth not, though it may seem to do so; and because they often come suddenly and at an unawares, when men are crying Peace, peace; and because they are sharp and piercing, penetrate deep and stick fast, and wound and kill; they are not arrows of deliverance, unless to the Lord’s people, who, by his judgments on the wicked, are delivered from them; but destroying ones, (<121317>2 Kings 13:17 <19E406>Psalm 144:6); when God draws the bow and shoots, execution is done. This is said in opposition to what wicked men do, (<196403>Psalm 64:3,4); and in just retaliation; they shoot at the perfect, and God shoots at them; suddenly shall they be wounded; with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, with a deadly wound that shall never be healed; not with the arrow of God’s word, but with the stroke of his hand; which comes suddenly, falls heavy, and makes the wound incurable.
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