Psalms 7:12
(7:13) If he turn not, He will whet his sword, he bendeth his bow, and maketh it ready.
Leeser Tanakh
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
11(7:12) God is a righteous judge, and a God who is indignant [with the wicked] every day.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41When I whet my glittering sword, and my hand taketh hold on judgment: I will render vengeance unto my enemies, and those that hate me will I requite.
Psalms 85:4(85:5) Return to us, O God of our salvation, and cause thy ill-will toward us to cease.
Isaiah 27:1On that day will the Lord punish with his heavy and great and strong sword leviathan the flying serpent, and leviathan the crooked servant; and he will slay the crocodile that is in the sea.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found, call ye on him, while he is near.
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore will I judge you, every one according to his ways, O house of Israel, saith the Lord Eternal: return ye, and cause others to return from all your transgressions, that iniquity may not become your stumbling-block.
Ezekiel 21:23(21:28) And it will appear unto them as a false divination in their eyes, to those that had sworn oaths; but he will bring to remembrance their iniquity, that they may be caught.
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 →