Psalms 58:6
\58:5\Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
In Context
5\58:4\Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;
Cross References
Numbers 23:24See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.
Job 29:17By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.
Psalms 3:7\3:6\I will have no fear, though ten thousand have come round me, putting themselves against me.
Psalms 17:12Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.
Ecclesiastes 10:11If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.
Jeremiah 8:17See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 58:2-6
A Reproof to Wicked Judges. 1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. We have reason to think that this… Read the whole commentary →