Job 5:15 - Exposition

But he sayeth the poor from the sword, from their mouth ; rather, from the sword of their mouth ; i.e. from their cruel and destructive words ( Psalms 57:4 ; Psalms 64:3 ; Proverbs 12:18 ), which cut "like a sharp razor" ( Psalms 52:2 ). By calumny, innuendoes, lies, fraudulent representations, and the like, the ungodly work, perhaps, more injury than by their actions. And from the hand of the mighty . God delivers the poor both from their words and from their deeds.