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Psalms 64:7

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 64:8.

וַיֹּרֵ֗םvayoremand shootיָרָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and shoot”, the next action in the storyH3384properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.אֱלֹ֫הִ֥יםelohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.חֵ֥ץchetsarrowחֵץnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “arrow”, the ordinary formH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.פִּתְא֑וֹםpitomstraightwayפִּתְאוֹםadverb — “straightway”H6597instantlystraightway, sudden(-ly).הָ֝י֗וּhayvbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.מַכּוֹתָֽםmakotamwoundמַכָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “wound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4347a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilencebeaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, [idiom] sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(64-8) But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

Young’s Literal Translation

And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;

Douay-Rheims

Thou who preparest the mountains by thy strength, being girded with power:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(64-8) But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and God shall be exalted, their wounds were caused by the weapon of the foolish children,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ὁ Θεός· βέλος νηπίων ἐγενήθησαν αἱ πληγαὶ αὐτῶν,