Psalms 59:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 59:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, they belch out with their mouth - The word rendered “belch out” means properly to boil forth; to gush out, to flow; and then, to pour forth copiously, or in a running stream, as a fountai...
Psalms 59:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, they (f) belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear? (f) They boast openly in their wicked devises, and every word is as a sword: for they neither...
Psalms 59:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LIX. The Ps. seems to be directed against Jewish and not foreign enemies. It might well be a prayer for the downfall of the aristocratic Sadducees. On the other hand in Psalms 59:5 and Psalms 59...
Psalms 59:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

In the verse which follows, he describes their fierceness. The expression, prating, or belching out with their mouth, denotes that they proclaimed their infamous counsels openly, and without...
Psalms 59:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they , doth hear? They belch out with their mouth - They use the lowest insult, the basest abuse. They deal in sarca...
Psalms 59:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They belch out— The original verb בעה bangah, properly signifies the bubbling noise of water rising out of a spring. Hence it is used in a good and bad sense of what is uttered by the mouth, acco...
Psalms 59:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? Behold, they belch out with their mouth - a torrent of false charges and calumnies ( Psalms 94...
Psalms 59:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.' For the first part of the title see on Psalms 57 . Th...
Psalms 59:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Behold. — Without question this word should, as Mr. Burgess suggests, be emended to “spears” ( chanîth instead of hinneh ) , to give — “Spears they pour out with their mouths, Swords with thei...
Psalms 59:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 59:1-17 THE superscription makes this the earliest of David's psalms, dating from the Sauline persecution. It has many points of connection with the others of that group, but its closest af...
Psalms 59:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“God Is My High Tower” Psalms 59:1-17 This is the fifth of the Michtams, or “Golden Psalms.” Compare Psalms 16:1-11 ; Psalms 56:1-13 ; Psalms 57:1-11 ; Psalms 58:1-11 . The contents corre...
Psalms 59:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again we have a song from the midst of peril. The singer is the object of determined, stealthy, and malignant opposition. It is divided into two parts, both ending with the same declaration, "God is...
Psalms 59:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these expressions, if considered as referring to Christ, carry a correspondence with his complaints in other scriptures. Bulls of Bashan, and dogs from the assembly, beset him around. Psalms 22:...
Psalms 59:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, they belch out with their mouth ,.... Bark like dogs, so Aben Ezra; or "bubble out" u, as a fountain bubbles out with water; so they cast out their wickedness in great abundance; see Jeremi...
Psalms 59:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear? Ver. 7. Behold, they belch out with their mouth ] Calling me traitor wherever they come, and se...
Psalms 59:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They return at evening Saul sent once to destroy him, and the messengers went back to inform him that he was ill; but they returned in the evening to bring him even in his bed. They make a noise l...
Psalms 59:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Deliverance. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when Saul sent and they watched the house to...
Psalms 59:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They belch out; or, they pour forth , (to wit, words, for what else should come out of the mouth? even sharp and bitter words, as the next clause explains it,) abundantly and vehemently, as a foun...
Psalms 59:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Expresses His Confidence That YHWH Will Protect Him ( Psalms 59:6-10 ). Describing his enemies as like a pack of stray dogs on the prowl (compare also Psalms 59:14 ) David is confident that...
Psalms 59:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription.— “ To the Chief Musician, Al-taschith .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ Michtam of David .” See Introduction to Psalms 56 . “ When Saul sent, and they watched the...
Psalms 59:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:6 . They make a noise like a dog. Mr. Jowett, in his christian researches, states, that many dogs in eastern towns have no owners; that they lie in the shade during the heat of the day,...
Psalms 59:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God . Revelations of the good and bad in human nature I. The enmity of man towards man. 1. From the description that David here gives of his enemies, we lea...
Psalms 59:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION LIKE Psalms 56:1-19 and Psalms 57:1-19 , this is a cry for deliverance out of great peril, with a final expression of confidence (verses 16, 17) that the deliverance will be gran...
Psalms 59:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer of an Innocent Person against Those who Seek His Soul. To the chief musician, Al-taschith, again according to the melody "Destroy not," Michtam, a poem in epigrammatic form, of David; when...
Psalms 59:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 33:24 ; Job 22:12 ; Job 22:13 ; Matthew 12:34 ; Proverbs 12:18 ; Proverbs 15:2 ; Psalms 10:11 ; Psalms 10:13 ; Psalms 109:2 ; Psalms 109:3 ; Psalms 55:21 ; Psalms 57:4 ; Psalms...
Psalms 59:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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. For who — David doth not hear us,...

Psalms 59:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 59:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 59:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 59:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 59:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 59:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 59:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 59:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 59:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 59:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 59:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 59:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 59:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 59:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 59:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 59:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 59:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 59:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 59:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 59:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes