Psalms 58:9
Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened.
10Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, in his wrath.
Cross References
Job 3:16Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.
Job 20:5that the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
Psalms 55:23they are divided by the wrath Of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and
Psalms 118:12They surrounded me like bees, and they burned like fire among thorns: and in the name of the Lord I was revenged on them
Proverbs 10:25As a tempest that passeth, so the wicked shall be no more: but the just is as 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 →