The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 7:12

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

If he turn not, he (i.e. God) will whet his sword (comp. Deuteronomy 32:41; Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 34:5). "Every new transgression," says Bishop Horne, "sets a fresh edge to God's sword" He hath bent his bow, and made it ready; rather, he hath bent his bow, and fixed it; i.

e. held it in the position for taking aim.

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