Psalms 7:12
God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day?
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
11Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart.
13Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41When I sharpen my sword like lightning, and my hand takes hold of judgment, then I will render vengeance to my enemies, and I will repay those who hate me.
Psalms 85:4Give joy to the soul of your servant, for I have lifted up my soul to you, Lord.
Isaiah 27:1In that day, the Lord will visit, with his harsh and great and strong sword, against Leviathan, the barred serpent, and against Leviathan, the twisted serpent, and he will slay the whale that is in the sea.
Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord, while he is able to be found. Call upon him, while he is near.
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge each one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities, and then iniquity will not be your ruin.
Ezekiel 21:23And he shall be, in their eyes, like someone consulting an oracle in vain, or imitating the leisure of Sabbaths. But he will call to mind iniquities, so that it will be captured.
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 →