Psalms 58:7

God shall break in pieces their teeth in their mouth: the Lord shall break the grinders of the lions.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

8They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:15Then were the princes of Edom troubled, trembling seized on the stout men of Moab: all the inhabitants of Chanaan became stiff.

Joshua 7:5And were defeated by the men of the city of Hai, and there fell of them six and thirty men : and the enemies pursued them from the gate as far as Sabarim, and they slew them as they fled by the descent: and the heart of the people was struck with fear, and melted like water.

Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken:

Psalms 22:14They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.

Psalms 64:7They have searched after iniquities: they have failed in their search. Man shall come to a deep heart:

Isaiah 13:7Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt,

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 →

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