Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away,
like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 58:8 in context
Psalms 58:5–11
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which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers,
no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
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Break their teeth, God, in their mouth.
Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.
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Let them vanish like water that flows away.
When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
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Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away,
like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
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Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns,
he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
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The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance.
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
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so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous.
Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
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