Psalms 57:7
God will crush their teeth within their own mouth. The Lord will break the molars of the lions.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
In Context
6who will not listen to the voice of charmers, nor even to the enchanter who chants wisely.
Cross References
Psalms 7:16He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.
Psalms 35:7Your justice is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are a great abyss. Men and beasts, you will save, O Lord.
Psalms 112:7He lifts up the needy from the ground, and he urges the poor away from filth,
Psalms 140:6Their judges have been engulfed, joined to the rocks. They will hear my words, which have prevailed,
Isaiah 24:15Because of this, glorify the Lord in doctrine: the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
Ephesians 5:20giving thanks always for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father.
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 →