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Psalms 59:7
Psalms 59:7 is verse 7 of Psalms chapter 59, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
King James Version
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
World English Bible
Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”
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Psalms 59:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah
6 They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
7 See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
8 But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
9 I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Psalms 55:21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Psalms 64:4ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
Psalms 64:5They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
Psalms 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
Psalms 109:3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
Psalms 10:13Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
Psalms 73:11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
Psalms 94:7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Psalms 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
Psalms 94:9He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
Job 22:12Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
Job 22:13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
Jeremiah 33:24“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.