Psalms 59:7
Behold, they brag in their talke, and swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doeth heare?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 goe to and from in the euening: they barke like dogs, and goe about the citie.
8But thou, O Lord, shalt haue them in derision, and thou shalt laugh at all the heathen.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are.
Psalms 10:13Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.
Psalms 57:4My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sworde.
Psalms 73:11And they say, Howe doeth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?
Psalms 94:7Yet they say, The Lord shall not see: neither will the God of Iaakob regard it.
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.
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 →