Psalms 59:7
Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”
World English 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 at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city.
8But you, LORD, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.
Cross References
Job 22:12“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
Psalms 10:13Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account”?
Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 73:11They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
Psalms 94:7They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
Proverbs 12:18There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
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 →