Psalms 58:7

(58:8) Let them melt away as water [which] runneth off: when each one bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as if cut in pieces.

Leeser Tanakh

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

6(58:7) O God, break out their teeth in their mouth: the jaw-teeth of the young lions tear thou out, O Lord.

8(58:9) As a snail which melteth, let him pass away; like the untimely birth of a woman which hath not seen the sun.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:15Then were troubled the dukes of Edom; the mighty men of Moab, trembling seizeth them; faint-hearted become all the inhabitants of Canaan. l

Joshua 7:5And the men of 'Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them from before the gate unto the stone-quarries, and smote them on the declivity [of the hill]; wherefore the heart of the people melted, and became as water.

Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

Psalms 22:14(22:15) Like water am I poured out, and all my bones are disjointed: my heart is become like wax, it is melted in the midst of my entrails.

Psalms 64:7(64:8) But God shooteth at them suddenly [his] arrow;—[thence] are come their wounds.

Isaiah 13:7Therefore all hands shall become weak, and every mortal's heart 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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