Psalms 59:7
(59:8) Behold, they sputter with their mouth: swords are in their lips; for who, [say they,] doth hear?
Leeser Tanakh
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 will return at evening; they will howl like dogs, and go round about the city.
8(59:9) But thou, O Lord, wilt laugh at theme: thou wilt hold in derision all the nations.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not God in the height of heaven? and beholding the highest elevation of the stars, however high they are?
Psalms 10:13For what doth the wicked despise God? [why] doth he say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?
Psalms 57:4(57:5) My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down [in the midst of] those that send out flames, [those] sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharpened sword.
Psalms 73:11And they say, How should God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalms 94:7And they say, The Lord will not see, and the God of Jacob will not take notice of it.
Proverbs 12:18There is some one that useth words [which are] like the thrusts of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is healing.
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 →