Psalms 57:4
Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.
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3For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth.
5Their fury is similar to that of a serpent; it is like a deaf asp, who even blocks her ears,
Cross References
Job 41:14The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place.
Psalms 17:12And he set darkness as his hiding place, with his tabernacle all around him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
Psalms 52:2They were corrupted, and they became abominable with iniquities. There is no one who does good.
Psalms 58:6Rise up to meet me, and see: even you, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Reach out to visit all nations. Do not take pity on all those who work iniquity.
Psalms 64:3Hear my prayer: all flesh will come to you.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 57:2-7
Prayer in Affliction. 1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. 2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. 3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose… Read the whole commentary →