Psalms 58:6
Breake their teeth, O God, in their mouthes: breake the iawes of the yong lions, O Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
5Which heareth not the voyce of the inchanter, though he be most expert in charming.
Cross References
Numbers 23:24Behold, the people shall rise vp as a lyon, and lift vp himselfe as a yong lyon: hee shall not lye downe, till he eate of the pray, and till he drinke the blood of the slayne.
Job 29:17I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.
Psalms 3:7O Lord, arise: helpe me, my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies vpon the cheeke bone: thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Psalms 17:12Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places.
Ecclesiastes 10:11If the serpent bite, when he is not charmed: no better is a babbler.
Jeremiah 8:17For beholde, I will sende serpents, and cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall sting you, sayth 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 →