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Psalms 58:7
7Cause them to run away like water and disappear. Cause them to die like dry grass in hot weather.
Psalms 58:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let them vanish like water that runs away; when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let them flow away as waters which run continually; When he bends his bow, Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.
Context of Psalms 58:7
5It does not obey the voice of the magician, even if he sings very well! 6God, break the teeth of my enemies! Yes, Lord, break into pieces the teeth of those lions! Cause them to run away like water and disappear. Cause them to die like dry grass in hot weather. 8Cause them to be like a worm that melts as it moves along. Cause them to be like a child that is born dead and never sees the light of day. 9Remove them quickly, more quickly than pots become hot over a fire of thorn bushes.
Read all of Psalms 58Psalms 58:7 word by word
יִמָּאֲס֣וּ כְמוֹ־מַ֭יִם יִתְהַלְּכוּ־לָ֑מוֹ יִדְרֹ֥ךְ חִ֝צָּ֗יו כְּמ֣וֹ יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 58:7
- Psalms 22:14My strength has gone, like water that is poured away. My bones do not join together properly. I feel weak inside and hope has disappeared.
- Psalms 64:7But God will punish them! He will suddenly shoot an arrow at them and it will hurt them a lot.
- Psalms 112:10When wicked people see this, they will be angry. They will show their teeth in anger, but then they will disappear. Whatever wicked people want, they will never get it.
- Exodus 15:15The rulers of Edom will be afraid. The leaders of Moab will shake with fear. The people who live in Canaan will become weak.
- Joshua 2:9She said to them, ‘I know that the Lord has given this land to you. Everyone here is afraid of you Israelites. Everyone who lives in this land is very frightened.
- Joshua 7:5They chased the Israelites away from the gate of the city and they killed about 36 Israelite soldiers. They chased them down the hill as far as Shebarim. They killed the Israelites as they ran down the hill. When the people of Israel heard this, they became very frightened.
- 2 Samuel 17:10Then your bravest soldiers will be very frightened, even if they are as brave as lions. Everyone in Israel knows that your father is a fighter. And they know that the men with him are brave.
- Isaiah 13:7All the people will become weak with fear. They will no longer be brave.
Commentaries on Psalms 58:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Let them melt away as waters - Let them be minished away like the waters which sometimes run in the desert, but are soon evaporated by the sun, or absorbed by the sand. When he bendeth his bow - When my adversaries aim their envenomed shafts against me, let their arrows not only fall short of the mark, but he broken to pieces in the flight. Some apply this to God. When he bends his bow against them, they shall all be exterminated.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Let them melt away as waters which run continually - Let them vanish or disappear as waters that flow off, or floods that run by, and are no more seen. “Perhaps” the allusion here may be to the waters of a torrent that is swollen, which flow off and are lost in the sand, so that they wholly disappear. See the notes at Job 6:15-19. The prayer is, that his enemies might perish or be cut off, and that he might thus be saved from them. When he bendeth his bow…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. 1-11The administration of justice is a mark of good government. God expects nothing less from his people. The psalmist condemns Israel’s leaders for abusing their power, and he calls on the Lord to rain down his curses upon the wicked. The demonstration of divine justice will reassure the godly that God is just.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. which run continually--literally, "they shall go to themselves," utterly depart, as rapid mountain torrents. he bendeth ... his arrows--prepares it. The term for preparing a bow applied to arrows (Psa 64:3). let them ... pieces--literally, "as if they cut themselves off"--that is, become blunted and of no avail.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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