Psalms 58:10

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

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In Context

9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

Job 22:19The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

Psalms 52:6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

Psalms 68:1Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

Psalms 91:8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:25As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

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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