Psalms 7:12
Except he turne, he hath whet his sword: he hath bent his bowe and made it readie.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 iudgeth the righteous, and him that contemneth God euery day.
13Hee hath also prepared him deadly weapons: hee will ordeine his arrowes for them that persecute me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41If I whet my glittering sworde, and mine hand take holde on iudgement, I will execute vengeance on mine enemies, and will rewarde them that hate me.
Psalms 85:4Turne vs, O God of our saluation, and release thine anger toward vs.
Isaiah 27:1In that day the Lord with his sore and great and mightie sword shall visite Liuiathan, that pearcing serpent, euen Liuiathan, that crooked serpent, and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Isaiah 55:6Seeke ye the Lord while he may be found: call ye vpon him while he is neere.
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore I will iudge you, O house of Israel, euery one according to his wayes, sayth the Lord God: returne therefore and cause others to turne away from all your transgressions: so iniquitie shall not be your destruction.
Ezekiel 21:23And it shalbe vnto them as a false diuination in their sight for the othes made vnto them: but hee will call to remembrance their iniquitie, to the intent they should 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 →