Psalms 57:4
Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
3For ye work iniquities in your hearts in the earth: your hands plot unrighteousness.
5Their venom is like that of a serpent; as that of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;
Cross References
Job 41:14And power is lodged in his neck, before him destruction runs.
Psalms 17:12And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air.
Psalms 52:2The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that does good.
Psalms 58:6And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw nigh to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. Pause.
Psalms 64:3Hear my prayer; to thee all flesh shall come.
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 →