Psalms 7:12
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
KJV
Deus judex justus, fortis, et patiens ; numquid irascitur per singulos dies ?
Vulgate
ὁ θεὸς κριτὴς δίκαιος καὶ ἰσχυρὸς καὶ μακρόθυμος, μὴ ὀργὴν ἐπάγων καθ’ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν.
LXX
If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready;
ASV
אֱ֭לֹהִים שׁוֹפֵ֣ט צַדִּ֑יק וְ֝/אֵ֗ל זֹעֵ֥ם בְּ/כָל יֽוֹם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
זָעַ֥ם
z'm
verb · 12×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נוּ
nv
verb · 199×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Faith is indeed great and brings salvation, and without it, it is not possible ever to be saved. It suffices not however of itself to accomplish this, but there is need of a right conversation also. So that on this account Paul also exhorts those who had already been counted worthy of the mysteries; saying, Let us labor to enter into that rest. Let us labor (he says), Faith …
The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strains the bow, and it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without any promise or obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood. The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does…
Cross-references
- Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
- Deut 32:23 — I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
- Deut 32:41 — If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
- Deut 32:41 — If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
- Deut 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou
- Ezek 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
- Hab 3:9 — Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
- Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
- Job 20:25 — It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
- Lam 3:12 — He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
- Matt 3:10 — And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Ps 21:12 — Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
- Ps 35:2 — Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
- Ps 64:7 — But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
- Ps 68:21 — But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
- Ps 85:4 — Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
- Ps 144:6 — Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.