Tehillim 37:15

15 Their cherev shall enter into their own lev, and their keshatot (bows) shall be broken.

Tehillim 37:15 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 37:15

Their sword shall enter into their own heart
As Saul's did into his, ( 1 Samuel 31:4 ) ;

and their bows shall be broken;
the meaning is, that their efforts shall be fruitless, and their attempts in vain; the mischief they have contrived and designed for others shall fall upon themselves; see ( Psalms 7:15 ) ; and therefore the saints should not be fretful and envious.

Tehillim 37:15 In-Context

13 Adonoi shall laugh at him, for He seeth that his yom is coming.

14 The resha’im have drawn out the cherev, and have bent their keshet, to cast down the oni (poor) and evyon (needy), and to slay such as be yishrei derech (upright ones on the road, that walk uprightly).

15 Their cherev shall enter into their own lev, and their keshatot (bows) shall be broken.

16 A little that a tzaddik hath is better than the riches of resha’im rabbim.

17 For the zero’ot (arms, powers) of the resha’im shall be broken; but Hashem upholdeth the tzaddikim.