Psalms 59:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

Psalms 59:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even 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 10:11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Psalms 73:11
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Anger Cruelty Hatred Heart Impenitence Infidelity Malice

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

The title of this psalm acquaints us particularly with the occasion on which it was penned; it was when Saul sent a party of his guards to beset David’s house in the night, that they might seize him and kill him; we have the story 1 Sam. 19:11. It was when his hostilities against David were newly begun, and he had but just before narrowly escaped Saul’s javelin. These first eruptions of Saul’s mal…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

6-7. They are as ravening dogs seeking prey, and as such, belch out--that is, slanders, their impudent barkings.