“They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.”
The assertion that God will shoot them with arrows and suddenly wound them articulates the sudden divine judgment that will overtake the enemies who think themselves secure. The imagery of arrows suggests swift and deadly divine retribution. The reference to sudden wounding indicates that the judgment will come unexpectedly, just as the enemies' assault came unexpectedly. This verse articulates the principle of poetic justice: the enemies' methods will be turned against them.
Church Fathers on Psalms 64:6
1. Though chiefly the Lord's Passion is noticed in this Psalm, neither could the Martyrs have been strong, unless they had beheld Him, that first suffered; nor such things would they have endured in suffering, as He did, unless they had hoped for such things in the Resurrection as He had showed of Himself: but your Holiness knows that our Head is our Lord Jesus Christ, and that all that cleave unto Him are the members of Him the Head ....And let no one say, that now-a-days in…
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