Psalms 58:6

They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

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

5And you, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw near to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. Pause. 1

7Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, say they, has heard? 1

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Cross References

Numbers 23:24Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, and he shall drink the blood of the slain.

Job 29:17And I broke the jaw teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.

Psalms 3:7Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God: for you have struck all who were without cause my enemies; you have broken the teeth of sinners. 1

Psalms 17:12At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire. 1

Ecclesiastes 10:11If a serpent bite when there is no charmer's whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.

Jeremiah 8:17For, behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which can’t be charmed, and they shall bite you

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 →

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