Psalms 58:10
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, they shall be whirled away.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:43Shout for joy, ye nations, with his people, For he avengeth the blood of his servants, And rendereth vengeance to his enemies, And maketh atonement for his land, for his people.
Job 22:19The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
Psalms 52:6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, [saying,]
Psalms 68:1{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm: a Song.} Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee before him.
Psalms 91:8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:25As a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no [more]; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
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 →