Psalms 59:7
Lo! they belch forth with their mouth, Swords, are in their lips, For [say they], Who doth hear?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, They grow like a dog, And go round the city.
8Thou, therefore, O Yahweh, wilt laugh at them, Thou wilt mock at all nations.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not, GOD, [in] the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high.
Psalms 10:13Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]!
Psalms 57:4My soul, is in the midst of lions, I lie down amidst flames, As for the sons of men, Their teeth, are spear and arrows, And, their tongue, is a sharp sword.
Psalms 73:11And they say—How doth GOD know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalms 94:7Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
Proverbs 12:18There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath 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 →