Psalms 58:7

Let them melt like the waters, let them passe away: when hee shooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

6Breake their teeth, O God, in their mouthes: breake the iawes of the yong lions, O Lord.

8Let them consume like a snayle that melteth, and like the vntimely fruite of a woman, that hath not seene the sunne.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:15Then the dukes of Edom shalbe amased, and trembling shall come vpon the great men of Moab: all the inhabitantes of Canaan shall waxe faint hearted.

Joshua 7:5And the men of Ai smote of them vpon a thirtie and sixe men: for they chased them from before the gate vnto Shebarim, and smote them in the going downe: wherfore the heartes of the people melted away like water.

Job 4:10The roaring of the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, and the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken.

Psalms 22:14I am like water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels.

Psalms 64:7But God will shoote an arrowe at them suddenly: their strokes shalbe at once.

Isaiah 13:7Therefore shall all hands be weakened, and all mens hearts 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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