Psalms 7:12
If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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
11God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41if I sharpen my glittering sword, my hand grasps it in judgement; I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will repay those who hate me.
Psalms 85:4Turn us, God of our salvation, and cause your indignation towards us to cease.
Isaiah 27:1In that day, the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan, the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.
Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
Ezekiel 18:30“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord GOD. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions, so iniquity will not be your ruin.
Ezekiel 21:23It will be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.
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 →