Psalms 7:12
\7:11\God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the evil-doers every day.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
In Context
11\7:10\God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.
13\7:12\If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41If I make sharp my shining sword, and my hand is outstretched for judging, I will give punishment to those who are against me, and their right reward to my haters.
Psalms 85:4\85:3\You were no longer angry: you were turned from the heat of your wrath.
Isaiah 27:1In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.
Isaiah 55:6Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
Ezekiel 18:30For this cause I will be your judge, O children of Israel, judging every man by his ways, says the Lord. Come back and be turned from all your sins; so that they may not be the cause of your falling into evil.
Ezekiel 21:23And this answer given by secret arts will seem false to those who have given their oaths and have let them be broken: but he will keep the memory of evil-doing so that they may be taken.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 7:11-17
The Persecutor's Doom. 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he… Read the whole commentary →