Psalms 58:6
And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw nigh to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. Pause.
Brenton Septuagint
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
5Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: awake to help me, and behold.
7They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
Cross References
Numbers 23:24Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, and he shall drink the blood of the slain.
Job 29:17And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
Psalms 3:7I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, who beset me round about.
Psalms 17:12And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air.
Ecclesiastes 10:11If a serpent bite when there is no charmer's whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.
Jeremiah 8:17For, behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you
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 →