Psalms 58:9

Before your kettles can perceive the [kindled] bramble, Be he green or be he withered, he shall be swept away.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Like a snail, which melteth away as it goeth, An untimely birth of a woman, which hath not seen the sun:

10The righteous man will rejoice when he hath seen an avenging, His feet, will he bathe in the blood of the lawless one:—

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Cross References

Job 3:16Or that, like an untimely birth hidden away, I had not come into being, like infants that never saw light:

Job 20:5That, the joy-shout of the lawless, is short, and, the rejoicing of the impious, for a moment?

Psalms 10:2In the pride of the lawless one, he hotly pursueth the poor, let them be caught in the plots which they have devised!

Psalms 55:23But, thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the pit of destruction, Men of bloodshed and deceit, shall not live out half their days; But, I, will trust in thee.

Psalms 118:12They have compassed me about like wax bees, they have blazed up like the fire of thorns, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised.

Proverbs 10:25Like the passing away of a tempest, so the lawless one is not, but, the righteous, [hath] an age-abiding 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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