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Psalm 7:12 KJV
Psalms · chapter 7 · verse 12
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.Psalm 7:12 · King James Version
Psalm 7:12 in context
10My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
11God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- swordcherebdroughtH2719 →
- turnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- whetlâṭashproperly, to hammer outH3913 →
- bentdârakto treadH1869 →
- bowqeshetha bow, forshooting or the irisH7198 →
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David having lodged his appeal with God by prayer and a solemn profession of his integrity, in the former part of the psalm, in this latter part does, as it were, take out judgment upon the appeal, by faith in the word of God, and the assurance it gives of the happiness and safety of the righteous and the certain…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-17