Psalms 58:7
May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
8Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
Cross References
Exodus 15:15Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
Joshua 7:5And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
Job 4:10The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
Isaiah 13:7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will 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 →