Psalms 58:7
They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.
8As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.
Cross References
Exodus 15:15Then have chiefs of Edom been troubled: Mighty ones of Moab — Trembling doth seize them! Melted have all inhabitants of Canaan!
Joshua 7:5and the men of Ai smite of them about thirty and six men, and pursue them before the gate unto Shebarim, and they smite them in Morad; and the heart of the people is melted, and becometh water.
Job 4:10The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.
Psalms 22:14As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psalms 64:7And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
Isaiah 13:7Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth 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 →