Psalms 58:6
(58-7) Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
5(58-6) Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.
Cross References
Numbers 23:24Behold a people that riseth up as a lioness, and as a lion doth he lift himself up; he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Job 29:17And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Psalms 3:7(3-8) Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God; for Thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek, Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Psalms 17:12He is like a lion that is eager to tear in pieces, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.
Ecclesiastes 10:11If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then the charmer hath no advantage.
Jeremiah 8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, basilisks, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
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 →