Psalms 58:9

But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

In Context

8Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, say they, has heard?

10I will keep my strength, looking to thee; for thou, O God, art my helper.

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Cross References

Job 3:16or I should have been as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light.

Job 20:5But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:

Psalms 10:2For behold the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared their arrows for the quiver, to shoot + 10:2 Gr. in dark moon, or little moonlight, q. d. luce malignâ.privily at the upright in heart.

Psalms 118:12Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances.

Proverbs 10:25When the storm passes by, the ungodly vanishes away; but the righteous turns aside and escapes for ever.

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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