Psalms 59:7

Psa 59:7 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 seeking to double murder him, viz. by detraction, and by deadly practice. As a fountain casteth out waters, so do graceless men wickedness, Jeremiah 6:7 .

Swords are in their lips ] Or, to their lips they add swords; they word it not only, but are armed and well-appointed. But it is well that they blurt out their bloody purposes, and so give warning, Hunc tibi pugionem mittit Senatus; detexit facinus fatuus, et non implevit.

For who, say they, doth hear? ] i.e. Who, that we need care for? David’s friends, they thought, durst not utter their discontent; and for God they took no great thought, Psalms 10:3 ; Psalms 55:20 .