Psalms 7:12
If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
American Standard 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
11God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.
13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts].
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.
Psalms 85:4Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
Isaiah 27:1In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Ezekiel 21:23And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths unto them; but he bringeth iniquity to remembrance, 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 →