Psalms 58:8

May they be like the snail, which melteth away as it goeth; Like the abortion of a woman, that seeth not the sun!

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7May they melt like waters, which flow away; May their arrows, when they aim them, be as if cut in pieces!

9Before your pots feel the heat of the thorns, Whether fresh, or burning, may they be blown away!

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Cross References

Job 10:19I should be as though I had not been; I should have been borne from the womb to the grave.

Ecclesiastes 6:3Though a man have a hundred children, and live many years, and though the days of his years be many, if his soul be not satisfied with good, and he have no burial, I say that an untimely birth is better than he.

James 1:10but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

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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