Psalms 7:12
God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 saveth the upright of heart.
13Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword: he hath bent his bow and made it ready.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41If I shall whet my sword as the lightning, and my hand take hold on judgment: I will render vengeance to my enemies, and repay them that hate me.
Psalms 85:4Thou hast mitigated all thy anger: thou best turned away from the wrath of thy indignation.
Isaiah 27:1In that day the Lord with his hard, and great, and strong sword shall visit leviathan the bar serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and shall slay the whale that is in the see.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore will I judge every man according to his ways, O house of Israel, saith the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities: and iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Ezekiel 21:23And he shall be in their eyes as one consulting the oracle in vain, and imitating the leisure of sabbaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity 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 →