Psalms 59:7
Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for 'Who heareth?'
Young's Literal Translation
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 turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.
8And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
Psalms 10:13Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'
Psalms 57:4My soul [is] in the midst of lions, I lie down [among] flames — sons of men, Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 73:11And they have said, 'How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
Psalms 94:7And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'
Proverbs 12:18A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is 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 →