Psalms 59:7
(59-8) Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: 'For who doth hear?'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
In Context
6(59-7) They return at evening, they howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
8(59-9) But Thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; Thou shalt have all the nations in derision.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are!
Psalms 10:13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?
Psalms 57:4(57-5) My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame; even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 73:11And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
Psalms 94:7And they say: 'The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob give heed.'
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 59:2-8
Prayer for Deliverance. 1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord . 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. 5 Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked… Read the whole commentary →