Psalms 59:7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, for [they say], Who hears?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
In Context
6They return at evening. They howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
8But thou, O LORD, will laugh at them. Thou will have all the nations in derision.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Psalms 10:13Why does the wicked man despise God, and say in his heart, Thou will not require [it]?
Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions. I lay among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 73:11And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalms 94:7And they say, LORD will not see, nor will the God of Jacob consider.
Proverbs 12:18There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 59:2-8
Prayer for Deliverance. 1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 3 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 . 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. 5 Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked… Read the whole commentary →