The Meaning of Psalms 7:13 Explained

Psalms 7:13

KJV: He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

YLT: Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.

Darby: And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.

ASV: He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery'shafts .

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He hath also prepared  for him the instruments  of death;  he ordaineth  his arrows  against the persecutors. 

What does Psalms 7:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 7:1-17 - Refuge In God From Evil Men
This psalm should be compared with 1 Samuel 24:1-22; 1 Samuel 25:1-44; 1 Samuel 26:1-25. Cush, or "dark-complexioned," may refer to a Benjamite who was David's calumniator with Saul. If David needed deliverance from his foes, how much more do we from Satan! 1 Peter 5:8-9.
So far from being guilty of the offense charged against him, David on two occasions had spared Saul's life, 1 Samuel 24:1-22; 1 Samuel 26:1-25. Mine honor, Psalms 7:5, is probably another word for "soul," Genesis 49:6. It seems as if, Psalms 7:6-9, God has abdicated His throne, and the suppliant is pleading with him to resume it, with no fear as to the verdict. Evil recoils, like the boomerang, on those who set it in motion. Ralph the Rover perished on the Inchcape Rock, whose warning bell he had destroyed. The hunter falls into the pit prepared in the forest track for his prey, Judges 1:7. What a noble prayer in Psalms 7:9! [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 7

1  David prays against the malice of his enemies, professing his innocence
10  By faith he sees his defense, and the destruction of his enemies

What do the individual words in Psalms 7:13 mean?

And for Himself He prepares instruments of death His arrows into fiery shafts He makes
וְ֭לוֹ הֵכִ֣ין כְּלֵי־ מָ֑וֶת חִ֝צָּ֗יו לְֽדֹלְקִ֥ים יִפְעָֽל

וְ֭לוֹ  And  for  Himself 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אָבְדָן  
Sense: destruction.
הֵכִ֣ין  He  prepares 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
כְּלֵי־  instruments 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
מָ֑וֶת  of  death 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.
חִ֝צָּ֗יו  His  arrows 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חֵץ  
Sense: arrow.
לְֽדֹלְקִ֥ים  into  fiery  shafts 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: דָּלַק  
Sense: to burn, hotly pursue.
יִפְעָֽל  He  makes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּעַל  
Sense: to do, make.