Psalms 58:10
The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
11And man saith: 'Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:43Sing ye nations — [with] his people, For the blood of His servants He avengeth, And vengeance He turneth back on His adversaries, And hath pardoned His land — His people.'
Job 22:19See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
Psalms 52:6And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
Psalms 68:1To the Overseer. — A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God — scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face.
Psalms 91:8But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest,
Proverbs 10:25As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during.
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 →