American Standard Version
Psalms 58:6
6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth:Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
Psalms 58:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!
- English Standard Version (ESV)O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Break their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
Context of Psalms 58:6
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, 5Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely. Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah. 7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off. 8Let them beas a snail which melteth and passeth away, Likethe untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
Read all of Psalms 58Psalms 58:6 word by word
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים הֲרָס־שִׁנֵּ֥ימוֹ בְּפִ֑ימוֹ מַלְתְּע֥וֹת כְּ֝פִירִ֗ים נְתֹ֣ץ׀ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 58:6
- Psalms 3:7Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
- Psalms 10:15Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
- Job 4:10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
- Job 29:17And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
- Ezekiel 30:21Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up, to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.
- Psalms 17:12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
- Psalms 91:13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.
- Numbers 23:24Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.
- Isaiah 31:4For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.
- Hosea 5:14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
- Micah 5:8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
Commentaries on Psalms 58:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Break their teeth - He still compares Saul, his captains, and his courtiers, to lions; and as a lion's power of doing mischief is greatly lessened if all his teeth be broken, so he prays that God may take away their power and means of pursuing their bloody purpose. But he may probably have the serpents in view of which he speaks in the preceding verse; break their teeth - destroy the fangs of these serpents, in which their poison is contained. This will…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth - The word here rendered “break” means properly “to tear out.” The allusion is to his enemies, represented as wild beasts; and the prayer is, that God would deprive them of the means of doing harm - as wild animals are rendered harmless when their teeth are broken out. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord - The word used here means properly “biters” or “grinders:” Job 29:17; Proverbs 30:14; Joel…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 David prayed that the enemies of God's church and people might be disabled to do further mischief. We may, in faith, pray against the designs of the enemies of the church. He foretells their ruin. And who knows the power of God's anger? The victories of the Just One, in his own person and that of his servants, over the enemies of man's salvation, produce a joy which springs not from revenge, but from a view of the Divine mercy, justice, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The psalmist calls on God to break the destructive power of the wicked.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. He prays for their destruction, under the figure of ravenous beasts (Psa 3:7; 7:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 58
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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