Psalms 58:9
\58:8\Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.
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Job 3:16Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.
Job 20:5That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
Psalms 10:2The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.
Psalms 55:23\55:22\Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.
Psalms 118:12They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.
Proverbs 10:25When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 58:7-11
Prophetic Imprecations. 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord . 7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. 8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. 10 The righteous shall… Read the whole commentary →