Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 59:7

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 59:7

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 59:7

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?" — Psalms 59:7 (ASV)

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 their lips.

(Compare Psalms 57:5, and “She speaks poniards.”—As You Like It.)