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Psalm 37:14 KJV
Psalms · chapter 37 · verse 14
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.Psalm 37:14 · King James Version
Psalm 37:14 in context
12The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
13The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- uprightyâshârstraightH3477 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- swordcherebdroughtH2719 →
- needyʼebyôwndestituteH34 →
- bentdârakto treadH1869 →
- poorʻânîydepressed, in mind or circumstancesH6041 →
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In these verses we have, I. The foregoing precepts inculcated; for we are so apt to disquiet ourselves with needless fruitless discontents and distrusts that it is necessary there should be precept upon precept, and line upon line, to suppress them and arm us against them. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-20