Psalms 59:7
See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
Majority Standard Bible
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
6They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
8But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
Psalms 10:13Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Psalms 73:11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
Psalms 94:7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings 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 →