Psalms 7:12
If [one] turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden — He prepareth it,
Young's Literal Translation
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 [is] a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.
13Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:41If I have sharpened the brightness of My sword, And My hand doth lay hold on judgment, I turn back vengeance to Mine adversaries, And to those hating Me — I repay!
Psalms 85:4Turn back [to] us, O God of our salvation, And make void Thine anger with us.
Isaiah 27:1In that day lay a charge doth Jehovah, With his sword — the sharp, and the great, and the strong, On leviathan — a fleeing serpent, And on leviathan — a crooked serpent, And He hath slain the dragon that [is] in the sea.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, each according to his ways I judge you, O house of Israel? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Turn ye back, yea, turn yourselves back, From all your transgressions, And iniquity is not to you for a stumbling-block,
Ezekiel 21:23And it hath been to them as a false divination in their eyes, Who have sworn oaths to them, And he is causing iniquity to be remembered to be caught.
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 →