Psalms 58:7
They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city.
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In Context
8Behold, they will speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: “For who has heard us?”
Cross References
Exodus 15:15Then the leaders of Edom were stirred up, and trembling took hold of the robust of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan were petrified.
Joshua 7:5and were struck down by the men of the city of Ai. And thirty-six men of them fell. And the adversaries pursued them from the gate, even as far as Shebarim. And they felled them as they were fleeing downward. And the heart of the people was struck with fear, and it melted like water.
Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of young lions have been worn away.
Psalms 64:7You prepare the mountains in your virtue, wrapped with power.
Isaiah 13:7Because of it, every hand will fail, and every heart of man will waste away and be crushed.
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 →