Psalms 58:6
O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
Darby Translation
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
5Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.
7Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:
Cross References
Numbers 23:24Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.
Job 29:17And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Psalms 3:7Arise, Jehovah; save me, my God! For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheekbone, thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Psalms 17:12He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.
Ecclesiastes 10:11If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.
Jeremiah 8:17For behold, I send among you serpents, vipers against which there is no charm, and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
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 →