ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
Cross References
Psalm 10:8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
Psalm 11:2For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Psalm 55:19God will hear and humiliate them--the One enthroned for the ages--Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
Psalm 91:5You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
Treasury of Scripture
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
shoot
Psalm 10:8,9
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor…
Nehemiah 4:11
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
Habakkuk 3:14
Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
the perfect
Psalm 59:3,4
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD…
John 19:6
When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
1 Peter 2:22,23
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: …
suddenly
Psalm 64:7
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
1 Samuel 18:11
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
1 Samuel 19:10
And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
