“But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.”
The continuation that the enemies' own tongues will turn against them and those who see will shake their heads articulates the ultimate exposure and humiliation of the wicked. The turning of the tongue against themselves suggests that their words will become their condemnation. The visual image of witnesses shaking their heads in derision establishes the public nature of the exposure and judgment. This verse articulates that cosmic justice is not hidden but is publicly manifest.
Church Fathers on Psalms 64:7
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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