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he makes ready his flaming arrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He will prepare his deadly weapons and shoot his flaming arrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He also prepares for Himself instruments of death; He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has also prepared deadly weapons for Himself; He makes His arrows fiery <i>shafts.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He has also prepared [other] deadly weapons for Himself; He makes His arrows fiery shafts [aimed at the unrepentant].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has prepared his deadly weapons; he tips his arrows with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has prepared His deadly weapons; He tips His arrows with fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your deadly arrows are ready with flaming tips. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he maketh his arrows fiery shafts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He prepares his deadly weapons and turns them into flaming arrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />he takes up his deadly weapons and aims his burning arrows. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He prepares to use deadly weapons against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He has also prepared for himself deadly weapons. He makes ready his flaming arrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, He has prepared for Himself "" Instruments of death, "" He makes His arrows for burning pursuers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he prepared to himself the instruments of death; he will work his arrows for those inflaming.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And in it he hath prepared the instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 7:14>And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Prepares his deadly shafts, makes arrows blazing thunderbolts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He has also prepared for himself the instruments of wrath; he pointed his arrows against the persecutor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he prepares for himself the instruments of wrath; he makes his arrows burn.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He hath also prepared for him the weapons of death, Yea, His arrows which He made sharp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/7-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=553" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/7.htm">I Take Refuge in You</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/wə·lōw (Conj-w:: Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559: hê·ḵîn (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to be erect; hence to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal, or figurative.">He has prepared</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: mā·weṯ (N-ms) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">His deadly</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: kə·lê- (N-mpc) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">weapons;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6466.htm" title="6466: yip̄·‘āl (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- Do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, especially to practise.">He ordains</a> <a href="/hebrew/2671.htm" title="2671: ḥiṣ·ṣāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- From chatsats; properly, a piercer, i.e. An arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear.">His arrows</a> <a href="/hebrew/1814.htm" title="1814: lə·ḏō·lə·qîm (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To burn, hotly pursue. A primitive root; to flame.">with fire.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/6-16.htm">Ephesians 6:16</a></span><br />In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12</a></span><br />For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-17.htm">Isaiah 54:17</a></span><br />No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-4.htm">2 Corinthians 10:4</a></span><br />The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a></span><br />And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-4.htm">Romans 13:4</a></span><br />For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:8</a></span><br />in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-52.htm">Matthew 26:52</a></span><br />“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-4.htm">Revelation 6:4</a></span><br />Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-36.htm">Luke 22:36</a></span><br />“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-25.htm">Jeremiah 50:25</a></span><br />The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-41.htm">Deuteronomy 32:41-42</a></span><br />when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. / I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-6</a></span><br />When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/21-9.htm">Ezekiel 21:9-11</a></span><br />“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished— / it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick. / The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/20-25.htm">Job 20:25</a></span><br />It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.</p><p class="hdg">ordaineth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/11-2.htm">Psalm 11:2</a></b></br> For, lo, the wicked bend <i>their</i> bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/45-5.htm">Psalm 45:5</a></b></br> Thine arrows <i>are</i> sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; <i>whereby</i> the people fall under thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/64-3.htm">Psalm 64:3,7</a></b></br> Who whet their tongue like a sword, <i>and</i> bend <i>their bows to shoot</i> their arrows, <i>even</i> bitter words: … </p><p class="hdg">persecutors</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-6.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:6</a></b></br> Seeing <i>it is</i> a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/6-10.htm">Revelation 6:10</a></b></br> And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/16-6.htm">Revelation 16:6</a></b></br> For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/41-28.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/job/41-20.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-11.htm">Deadly</a> <a href="/psalms/6-5.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-2.htm">Fiery</a> <a href="/job/41-21.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/job/41-21.htm">Flames</a> <a href="/job/41-19.htm">Flaming</a> <a href="/psalms/6-1.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/job/42-3.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/job/41-32.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/job/38-9.htm">Making</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-11.htm">Persecutors</a> <a href="/job/29-7.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/psalms/7-1.htm">Pursuers</a> <a href="/psalms/7-12.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/job/28-4.htm">Shafts</a> <a href="/psalms/7-12.htm">Sharp</a> <a href="/job/39-21.htm">Weapons</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/11-2.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/psalms/11-6.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/psalms/17-9.htm">Deadly</a> <a href="/psalms/9-1.htm">Death</a> <a href="/psalms/11-6.htm">Fiery</a> <a href="/psalms/11-6.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/psalms/11-6.htm">Flames</a> <a href="/psalms/21-9.htm">Flaming</a> <a href="/psalms/33-2.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/psalms/7-15.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/psalms/7-15.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/psalms/18-33.htm">Making</a> <a href="/psalms/31-15.htm">Persecutors</a> <a href="/psalms/7-15.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/psalms/31-15.htm">Pursuers</a> <a href="/psalms/9-7.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/psalms/76-3.htm">Shafts</a> <a href="/psalms/9-5.htm">Sharp</a> <a href="/psalms/76-3.htm">Weapons</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/7-1.htm">David prays against the malice of his enemies, professing his innocence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/7-10.htm">By faith he sees his defense, and the destruction of his enemies</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the biblical context, God is often depicted as a warrior who fights on behalf of His people (<a href="/exodus/15-3.htm">Exodus 15:3</a>). The preparation of weapons indicates a deliberate and just response to wickedness. Historically, the imagery of weapons would resonate with ancient Israel, a nation familiar with warfare and the need for defense against enemies. Theologically, this can be seen as a metaphor for God's righteous judgment against sin, emphasizing His sovereignty and justice.<p><b>He ordains His arrows with fire.</b><br>The imagery of arrows with fire signifies the intensity and thoroughness of God's judgment. In ancient warfare, arrows were sometimes set on fire to cause greater destruction, symbolizing the consuming nature of divine retribution. This can be connected to other scriptures where fire represents God's purifying and judgmental power, such as in <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a> and <a href="/revelation/19-11.htm">Revelation 19:11-16</a>. The use of fire also points to the holiness of God, who cannot tolerate sin. In a typological sense, this can be seen as a foreshadowing of Christ's role in executing judgment at His second coming, where He will judge the living and the dead with righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/7.htm">Psalm 7</a>, traditionally believed to be King David, who often wrote psalms during times of distress and persecution.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The divine warrior and judge who prepares weapons against the wicked.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies_of_david.htm">Enemies of David</a></b><br>The adversaries who falsely accuse and pursue David, prompting his plea for divine intervention.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/cush,_a_benjamite.htm">Cush, a Benjamite</a></b><br>Mentioned in the title of the psalm, possibly a specific adversary or representative of David's enemies.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/arrows_with_fire.htm">Arrows with Fire</a></b><br>Symbolic of God's judgment and wrath against the wicked.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god_as_righteous_judge.htm">God as Righteous Judge</a></b><br>God prepares His weapons against the wicked, affirming His role as a just and righteous judge who will not let evil go unpunished.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_protection_and_justice.htm">Divine Protection and Justice</a></b><br>Believers can trust in God's protection and justice, knowing that He is actively working against the forces of evil.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_fire.htm">Symbolism of Fire</a></b><br>Fire represents purification and judgment. God's arrows with fire signify His purifying judgment against sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Just as God prepares His weapons, believers are called to be spiritually prepared, putting on the full armor of God to stand against evil.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>While God's judgment may not be immediate, His preparation of weapons assures us that He is in control and His justice will prevail in His perfect timing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_120_4_contradict_god's_love.htm">Psalm 120:4 - Does referring to 'warrior's sharp arrows' and 'burning coals' raise contradictions with a supposedly loving and merciful God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_psalm_99_7_scientifically_plausible.htm">Psalm 99:7 describes God speaking out of a pillar of cloud; how is this scientifically plausible, and why is there no external record of such a phenomenon?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_weapons_burn_for_7_years.htm">How can Ezekiel 39:9-10 realistically describe weapons burning for seven years without a consistent fuel source or evidence of such an event in recorded history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/summarize_the_exodus_from_egypt..htm">What does the Bible say about gun confiscation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Instruments of death.</span>--That is, <span class= "ital">deadly weapons.</span><p><span class= "bld">Against the persecutors.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">for those burning; </span>so LXX. and Vulg. The meaning appears to be, "His arrows he makes into fiery arrows"--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>tips them with fire, by wrapping them in burning tow. Latin, <span class= "ital">malleoli. </span>(Comp. <a href="/ephesians/6-16.htm" title="Above all, taking the shield of faith, with which you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.">Ephesians 6:16</a>, with Note, in <span class= "ital">New Testament Commentary.</span>) Milton's "rattling storm of arrows barb'd with fire," refers to the same custom.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He hath prepared for him the instruments of death</span>. These are probably not the sword and the bow, but the "arrows" of the next clause. They are prepared "for <span class="accented">him</span>," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> for the wicked man. He ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors; rather, <span class="accented">he maketh his arrows to be fiery ones.</span> Hengstenberg notes that "in sieges it was customary to wrap inflammable matter round arrows, and to shoot them after it had been kindled" (compare the, fiery darts" of St. Paul, <a href="/ephesians/6-16.htm">Ephesians 6:16</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/7-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He has prepared</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵכִ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(hê·ḵîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3559.htm">Strong's 3559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be erect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His deadly</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֑וֶת</span> <span class="translit">(mā·weṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">weapons;</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּלֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(kə·lê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prepared, any apparatus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He ordains</span><br /><span class="heb">יִפְעָֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yip̄·‘āl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6466.htm">Strong's 6466: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make, to practise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His arrows</span><br /><span class="heb">חִ֝צָּ֗יו</span> <span class="translit">(ḥiṣ·ṣāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2671.htm">Strong's 2671: </a> </span><span class="str2">A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with fire.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְֽדֹלְקִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏō·lə·qîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1814.htm">Strong's 1814: </a> </span><span class="str2">To burn, hotly pursue</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/7-13.htm">Psalm 7:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/7-13.htm">Psalm 7:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/7-13.htm">Psalm 7:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/7-13.htm">Psalm 7:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/7-13.htm">Psalm 7:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/7-13.htm">Psalm 7:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/7-13.htm">Psalm 7:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/7-13.htm">Psalm 7:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/7-13.htm">Psalm 7:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/7-13.htm">Psalm 7:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/7-13.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 7:13 He has also prepared for himself (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/7-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 7:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 7:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/7-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 7:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 7:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>