Psalms 59:7 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 59:7

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

KJV

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ASV

Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear?

WEB

See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

YLT

Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords are in their lips, for `Who heareth?'

DBT

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

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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27 verses on the floor

James 3:8
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Luke 6:45
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Isaiah 29:15
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
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.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Swords are in their lips; that is, reproaches that would my heart with grief ( Ps. xlii. 10 ), and slanders that stab and wound my reputation. They were continually suggesting that which drew and whetted Saul's sword against him, and the fault is laid upon the false accusers.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Note, It is not strange if those regard not what they say who have made themselves believe the God regards not what they say. He refers himself and his cause to the just judgment of God,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Pour out - Sharp and bitter word's, abundantly and vehemently, as a fountain doth waters, as this word signifies. Swords - Words as keen and mischievous as swords.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 59:7PSA 55:21 PSA 57:4
PSA 59:7PSA 10:11 PSA 94:7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 59:7PSA 55:21 PRO 5:3-4
PSA 59:7PSA 55:21 PRO 26:28
PSA 59:7PSA 55:21 PSA 28:3
PSA 59:7PRO 15:2 PRO 12:23
PSA 59:7PSA 57:4 PSA 58:6
PSA 59:7PRO 15:2 PRO 15:28

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