Psalms 59:7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
Revised Version 1895
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 make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
8But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Psalms 10:13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?
Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 73:11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalms 94:7And they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob consider.
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise 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 →