Psalm 59:7

New English Translation

⁷Look, they hurl insults at me
and openly threaten to kill me,^[a]
for they say,^[b]
“Who hears?”

Footnotes

Psalm 59:7 tn Heb “look, they gush forth with their mouth, swords [are] in their lips.”
Psalm 59:7 tn The words “for they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The following question (“Who hears?”) is spoken by the psalmist’s enemies, who are confident that no one else can hear their threats against the psalmist. They are aggressive because they feel the psalmist is vulnerable and has no one to help him.

Psalm 59:7

English Standard Version

⁷There they are, ^(A)bellowing with their mouths
with ^(B)swords in their lips—
for ^(C)“Who,” they think,^[a] “will hear us?”

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Footnotes

Psalm 59:7 Hebrew lacks they think

Psalm 59:7

Amplified Bible

⁷
Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;
Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,
For they say, “Who hears us?”

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